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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
An animal so sociable in his habits ought to be 
affectionate ; and very affectionate the Beaver is said to 
be. Drage mentions two young ones which were taken 
alive and brought to a neighbouring factory in Hudson's 
Bay, where they throve very fast until one of them was 
killed accidentally. The survivor instantly felt the loss, 
began to moan, and abstained from food till it died. 
Mr. Bullock mentioned to the narrator a similar instance 
which fell under his notice in North America. A male 
and female were kept together in a room, where they 
lived happily till the male was deprived of his partner by 
death. For a day or two he appeared to be hardly aware 
of his loss, and brought food and laid it before her : at 
last, finding that she did not stir, he covered her body 
with twigs and leaves, and was in a pining state when 
Mr. Bullock lost sight of him. 
The specimens in the Garden were sent to the 
Society from Canada by Lord Dalhousie. They were 
partially deprived of sight before their arrival in this 
country : but one of them has still the use of one eye ; 
and the other, although totally blind, dives most perse- 
veringly for clay, and applies it to stop up every cranny 
in their common habitation that can admit " the winter's 
flaw." They both appear happy and contented. 
