CHAPTER VI. 



R >DENrS 

 THE B I AVE ft. 



jF 1 til mammals, tie bearer ii the nos especially 

 f.tied to enjoy t secia' .ife. Wiea h ciptvity 



^£g| saj ^ awaj from its khd, t apiears to possess 

 but o snail an.o u.t cf intelligence it form; no ittaehnents 

 t( Lis human jompinicnjj, and is utterly hdifferenfc t> all 

 around it. But in its native wiles, associated wih ctha'S of 

 its race, whit vondr)i:s engineering skil it exhibits aid how 

 curious are its domestic air&ngeineits ! 



~t u essentially h bird worker Oher an mas sport and 

 play and amuse themsebrefl. Via; y»ung beavers ma/ do 

 ins.de their lodges it is difficult t> say; bu the elders, from 

 morn bill night, and nil night loia labour a: tleir va-ious 

 occupations, evidently feeling that they were born to toil and 

 willingly icccmplisbing the:r destiiy. 



The Deader his fitly been, seltcted as tie representative 

 animal of Camda,. on acxunt of its hdusty, prsevermce, 

 and luilihool and the resolute iriy n when i OYercomes 

 difficulties CJertair Htilhions a comtry arc ie;essaiy to 

 ils existence, an< vim it does n>t tiid these rady foimed, 



