LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
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THREE POPLARS CUT FROM A SINGLE STUMP . . 
BrEavers’ RoaD FROM THE WATER TO Aa GROVE OF 
PoPrLars : ‘ ‘: . ; ‘ 
BEAVER INSPECTING THE DAM WHICH HAS BEEN BROKEN 
IN ORDER THAT THE PICTURE MIGHT BE SECURED . 
A DaM MADE CHIEFLY OF LARGE LoGs, THE SIZE OF 
WHICH IS SHOWN BY COMPARISON WITH Man. 
THE saME DaM AS THAT SHOWN IN PREVIOUS ILLUS- 
TRATION, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE LOWER SIDE; 
THE MAN, WHO IS OVER 6 FEET TALL, GIVES AN 
IDEA OF THE SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE . 3 
A DaM WHEN KEPT IN REPAIR RETAINS THE WATER OF 
THE POND ALMOST TO ITS EXTREME CROWN 5 
As ADAM FALLS INTO DECAY THE SITE BECOMES OVER- 
GROWN WITH ALDERS AND WILLOWS . F . 
Tus DAM, NO LONGER KEPT IN REPAIR, WILL LET THE 
WATER ESCAPE, AND BEFORE LONG WILL LOSE ALL 
SEMBLANCE OF ITS ORIGINAL ForRM . : ‘ 
A BEAVER PoND SEEN FROM AN ELEVATION. THE 
LODGES ARE SEEN ON THE EXTREME RIGHT. 
A COMPARATIVELY NEW BEAVER POND FILLED WITH 
TREES WHICH HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE WaTER 
WHEN THE DAM BEGINS TO DISINTEGRATE THE PonND 
RAPIDLY DWINDLES TO AN INSIGNIFICANT SIZE . 
EvENTUALLY NOTHING OF THE POND REMAINS, AND 
THE STREAM RESUMES ITS LONG-INTERRUPTED 
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