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A Trapper and Trader of the Old Regime "5 



From "Illustrated Montreal," by permission J. McConniff. 



Lake Superior, or The Spirit Land ii8 



Beaver Fur, Magnified 50 Diameters . 122 



St. Clement, Patron Saint of the Hatters . 123 



Modifications of the Beaver Hat 125 



The Hood, or Beaver Hat in its First Form 128 



Beaver Fur, Magnified 250 Diameters 132 



Diagram of a Beaver Hunt — 1704 . 137 



The Beaver Hunting Country of the Six Nation Indians — 1749 141 



Beaver Trap, with Clutch . . 146 



Quickwahay — The ' ' Beaver Eater " 149 



The Deadfall (as now used for Mink or Sable) 152 



The Marquis of Bute's Beaver Enclosure — July 1889 . 163 



"No Person Allowed Within the Beaver Enclosure " 170 



Beaver's Head (Study from Still Life) . 175 



Tail of the Beaver — Direct from Nature . . 179 

 Skulls Showing the Features on which the Specific Difference is based . 183 



Artistic Taxidermy Applied to the Beaver . 186 

 This group has been presented to the Redpath Museum, McGill 

 College, in the name of the late Roswell C. Lyman. 



Taxidermic Monstrosities . 188 



Postage Stamp, issued 185 1 192 



Seals of the New Netherlands . 195 



Coat of Arms of the City of Montreal 196 



Early Arms of Canada (unauthenticated) 199 



Suggestion for a Complete Coat of Arms for the Dominion of Canada 201 



Platypsyllus Castoris , . 235 



