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Biltmore Forest, North Carolina — Busbee Range . . Facing 338 



Cutting of Spanish Oak, Gum, etc " 338 



Car Loaded with Timber Entering Cylinder ... " 346 



Carload of Treated Timber Coming from Cylinder . . " 346 



Work of the Teredo 349 



Work of the Limnona 349 



Section of Pile Treated with Dead Oil of Coal Tar .... 351 



Section of Pile Untreated 351 



Carload of Treated Switch-ties Emerging from Cylinder Facing 352 



Unloading Treated Tongue-and-groove Planks. . . " 352 

 Eppinger & Russell Co.'s Creosoting Works Long Island 



City, N. Y 354 



Interior of Cylinder House 355 



Long Piles Awaiting Treatment Facing 356 



Unloading Ties from Vessel " 356 



Drawings Showing Method of Attaching Movable Head 



to Cylinder " 358 



Plant for Impregnating Wood, Sihlwald, Switzerland . " 358 



Ruffed Grouse Partridge ......... " 372 



Beaver (Castor Canadensis) " 389 



Beaver Chips 389 



The " Pond Dog " 392 



Le Beau's Marvelous Vision 393 



Young Beaver Facing 394 



Adult Beaver " 394 



Beaver — In Various Postures " 396 



Modifications of the Beaver Hat 399 



Skull of Young Beaver — Top View Facing 400 



Skull of Young Beaver — Side View ...... " 400 



Money Pouch Made of Tanned Kitten Beaver's Tail . " 402 



Dried Castoreum Pouches 403 



Part of Beaver Dam 250 Feet in Length ..... " 404 



Dam Constructed of Larger Sticks " 404 



Beaver Canal (After Morgan) . . . .... . " 406 



Beaver Chip, Natural Size 411 



Straw Reduced by Beavers from Blocks of Wood . . Facing 412 



Beaver Cuttings from the Adirondacks ..... " 412 



First Beaver Liberations by the State, April, 1905 . " 414 



At the Moment of Liberation . " 416 



New Beaver House Near Big Moose Lake .... " 418 



Feed-bed Adjoining a Beaver House u 418 



