INDEX 
AMERICAN beaver: history of 
species, 205-7; description, 
with illustrations, 208-14 
Anecdotes: repairing a dam, 
45-46; averting a threatened 
danger, 47; a tragedy, 113— 
14; a pet beaver, 172 
BEAVER, the: appearance, 
208-13; character, 136-39; 
danger of extermination, 
200-204; as food, 198; 
history of species, 205-6 ; as 
housekeeper, 26; intelligence 
of, 53, 61, 64-72; language, 
169; as pets, 172-73; pro- 
tection of, see below; rules 
and regulations of Beaver- 
dom, 167-68; timidity of, 
5-6 ; travelling on land, 131, 
214; travelling in the water, 
77-78, 213; work of, see 
below. 
Beaver, protection of, 152-162, 
174; Hudson Bay Com- 
pany’s policy, 194-95, 200 
Beaver-colony, life of a, 79- 
128, 133-39; illustrations, 
80-81 ; moving to new quar- 
ters, 129-32 
Beaver-medicine, 
179-81 
Beaver-parks, 154-59 
Beaver-pond, 80-81 (illus.). See 
also Dam-building. 
origin of, 
Beaver work: age of, 144; 
benefit of to man, 140-52; 
compared with man’s work, 
128-29, 149-50; effect of on 
Canadian history, 178-204 ; 
methods of, 13-14, 124-25; 
a typical night’s employment, — 
8-13 
Bedding, 22-24; 98-99 
Blazing of trees, 52-53 
Bryce, Dr., quoted, 199 
CANADIAN beaver, classification 
of, 217-18 
Canal-building, 66-78; 115-16 
Captive beaver, story of, 162-72 
Castoreum, 205, 215-16 
DAM-BUILDING, 31-50, (illus.) 
33, 41; pond (illus.) 80-81; 
benefit of to man, 141-49 
Danger-signal, 108, 114, 128 
EUROPEAN beaver: history of 
_ species, 205-7; description, 
with illustration, 208-14; 
habitat, 206, 218-19 
Farmers, 145, 175-77 
Fishermen, 151 
Floods, 147-49 
