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A typicaL Musx-Rat’s House (Lone Isianp, N.Y.), 
WHICH CLOSELY RESEMBLES A VERY ROUGHLY 
MADE BEAVER’S LODGE, EXCEPT THAT REEDS 
INSTEAD OF LOGS ARE USED . . 7 E 
PopLaR TREE CUT DOWN BY BEAVER . ‘ ‘ 
An INTERESTING AND SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL TYPE OF 
LopGE ON THE EDGE OF A PoND SOME DISTANCE 
AWAY FROM ANY TREES . : 3 g . 
Sows Aan IstaAnp LODGE IN A POND MADE BY THE 
BEAVER . , 2 ‘ : i z F 
A Dam IN ITS EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, SHOWING 
HOW THE STICKS, CHIEFLY ALDER, ARE LAID 
LENGTHWAYS WITH THE STREAM z i 3 
BEAVER ON THE TOP OF HIS LODGE - - , 
A VERY MUCH CURVED Dam . ‘ ‘i F ‘ 
DaM BUILT ALMOST ENTIRELY OF SMALL STONES, 
WEIGHT OF WHICH SELDOM EXCEEDED 4 LBS. . 
WHERE THE BEAVER HAVE CUT GRASS FOR BEDDING 
(NEWFOUNDLAND) . ‘i ‘ ‘i : . 
A Supsipr1ary orn SupPorRTING Dam . a - 
MENDING A Broken Dam . F 3 ‘i 3 
BEAVER IN THE ACT OF REPAIRING A BREAK IN THE 
Dam 3 i F ‘ : - - 
A GATE oR SPILLWAY CUT IN THE DAM IN ORDER TO 
LET THE SURPLUS WATER ESCAPE . ‘ . 
SHOWING THE FACING OF A RECENTLY ABANDONED DAM 
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