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and Canada where the name will be preserved 
by literally thousands of towns, villages, rivers, 
streams, lakes and ponds. In Scotland the beaver 
continued later than in England, but curiously 
enough there is nothing to show that it has ever 
existed in Ireland. 
HINTS ON BEAVER PHOTOGRAPHY. 
Few animals large or small are less suited to 
photography than the beaver. To begin, they are 
rather shapeless, with inconspicuous legs, no pattern 
in the way of colouring, and what makes the work 
doubly difficult and unsatisfactory is that they are 
so seldom to be seen by daylight. Add to this the 
fact that they are usually wet and very shy, and it 
will be easily understood that the task of securing 
really good photographs is not easy. I may even 
say that in all my experience of hunting with the 
camera no animals have ever given me so much 
trouble. The best pictures I have ever obtained 
of lions and other big and dangerous beasts were 
secured with far less difficulty than even the worst 
of my beaver studies. This is said so that those 
who may attempt the work will not be disappointed 
if success is slow in coming. The surest way is of 
course by flashlight and the surest place is at the 
--dam. A small break in the structure will be 
almost certain to induce the beaver to come to 
repair it, as they don’t like to let the water escape. 
