BEAVER. 
Goose. If the pond which they lived in the 
last winter has plenty of such food as they like 
growing by the side of it, and they have not 
been disturbed by man, they seldom quit it; 
but, if there be a scarcity of food, they will 
wander about in search of another, w 7 here they 
can be more plentifully supplied : and it has 
long been observed that, of all the trees which 
grow in Newfoundland or Labradore, they like 
the Aspen best ; and, next to that, the Birch. 
44 Having found a place convenient for the 
purpose, they commonly begin early in August 
to erect their house. They are very indus- 
trious creatures : for, even amidst a superabun- 
dance of provisions, they will 'continue to add 
to the store ; and, though their house be com- 
pleatly built, they will carry on fresh works, 
till the pond is frozen firm over. They will 
even keep a hole open, to work on the house 
for sGme nights after, provided the frost is not 
very severe : and, as they will enter every old 
house, and do a little work on it, voung fur- 
riers are frequent! y deceived thereby, supposing 
those houses to be inhabited. Though they 
sometimes continue in the same pond for three 
or four years, or more, they will frequently* 
build 
