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Europe would hereafter produce within itself those valuable furs 
that are now bought at such a high price in America. 
In 1868, Beavers were brought from America to the Jardin 
des Plantes, in Paris, where they created much interest. M. 
Ernest Menault has described, in the following terms, the habits 
of these little foreigners. 
“ These animals/’ says M. Ernest Menault, “ are four in 
