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CASTOROLOGIA. 



to the wild animals of the country, and the following quotation will 

 show the extreme to which these fancies reached : ' ' On the borders 

 of Canada, animals are now and again seen resembling ahorse; they 

 have cloven hoofs, shaggy manes, a horn right out of the forehead, 

 a tail like a wild hog." 



This creature was figured by Arnoldus Montanus, in 1671, with 

 some of the other animals of the New "World, including the beaver, 

 and will easily be recognized in the accompanying group of chim- 

 eras, which is reproduced from the copy in the Documentary His- 

 tory of New York. 



TSn BBAVER AND HIS FAMOUS LODGES. 



FROM AX OLD PRINT, I755. 



