LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
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RECENTLY MADE Dam . ; : 3 Fi . 
A PROLONGED RAIN FLOODED THE STREAM AND 
THREATENED TO CARRY AWAY THE Dam, SO THE 
BEAVER MADE AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE 
WATER ESCAPED AND THE DAM WAS SAVED F 
Tue SAME Dam AS SHOWN IN PREVIOUS ILLUSTRATION, 
BUT SEEN FROM ABOVE IN ORDER THAT THE OPEN- 
ING MADE BY THE BEAVER MIGHT BE MORE CLEARLY 
SEEN . . . . . . . * 
Two SUBSIDIARY OR SECONDARY Dams . ‘ 3 
In THIs Raprp STREAM (NEWFOUNDLAND) THE BEAVER 
SELECTED THE ONLY POSSIBLE PLACE FOR THEIR 
Dam . ‘ ‘ 4 < ‘ . ‘ 
Tue Loe (cut By LUMBER-MEN) SEEN IN THE FoRE- 
GROUND EVIDENTLY SUGGESTED TO THE BEAVER 
THE SITE FOR THEIR DAM, AND IS AN ILLUSTRATION 
OF HOW THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CONDITIONS . 
A Bircn TREE THAT LODGED ‘ - : 
An ABANDONED BEAVER DAM OVER 300 FEET LONG . 
Stump on A DAM CUT FROM THE SURFACE OF SNOW . 
A TREE WHICH WAS EVIDENTLY CUT WHEN THE GROUND 
WAS COVERED WITH SNOW, AS THE TOP OF THE 
STUMP IS OVER 4 FEET HIGH . ‘ ‘ é 
Beavers’ Buazinc orn MARKING ON A Braco TREE . 
A most INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF BEAVER CUTTING . 
Tuis SHOWS THAT SECOND THOUGHTS ARE BEST. 
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