BE A VERS 
sc[UHT6l ar6 good oxamplos of th.6 lattor condition at biith. 
With reference to the beavers, I have never ventured to 
disturb their nests at the time I supposed or believed they 
had young. When the young beavers appear out and 
away from the nest they are about 9 in. in length, and 
rather larger than a full-grown rat. The mother always 
appears anxious to conceal 
the young ones, and when 
first they enter the water 
she will follow the one 
venturesome enough to do 
so, taking it in her mouth 
and returning it to the nest. 
As it is repeated two or three times in the course 
of an hour I am not a little puzzled to know if it is the 
same young one on each occasion. My belief is that 
beavers produce two at a birth, but upon one occasion three 
young ones made their appearance. I cannot, however, 
positively say that they all belonged to the same mother. 
There are many people even of the present day who have 
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