SALUTATION FROM THE KING OF BEAVERS. 



By George :\Iartin. 



' Welcome to the kindly home 

 Where we shape the wattled dome, 

 Where, in moonlight's silver calm, 

 My faithful subjects build the dam ; 

 The land whose maple leaf conveys 

 A prophecy of sweetened days. 



We're grateful for the honor given 

 To beaverhood, since nearer heaven 

 This great Dominion raised our name, 

 Emblazoned on the scroll of fame ; 

 A choice that to the world attests 

 The base on which its greatness rests, 

 Our one transcendent, special gift : — 

 Persistency of honest thrift." 



