The Romance of the Beaver; Being the History of the Beaver in the Western Hemisphere
The book The Romance of the Beaver; Being the History of the Beaver in the Western Hemisphere was written by author Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870- Here you can read free online of The Romance of the Beaver; Being the History of the Beaver in the Western Hemisphere book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Romance of the Beaver; Being the History of the Beaver in the Western Hemisphere a good or bad book?
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For some reason which can only be guessed at, the beaver nearly always leave a roadway across the dam leading from the pond to the outlet. This is also much used by other animals of aquatic habits such as mink, musquash and otter, and though occasionally we also find a well-beaten path running along the dam from bank to bank this is not a beaver path. More often it is the work of foxes, deer, lynx and other prowlers of the woods, as well as man, who finds these "bridges" most cfonvenient. Many ...a time have R.B. E 50 ROMANCE OF THE BEAVER I found myself at a loss for a way of crossing a stream until the fortunate discovery of a beaver dam has enabled me to avoid a wetting. Having now seen something of the dams, so that without going into a lot of tiresome and unneces- sary detail such as exact measurements of numerous structures (which must vary continually), the reader has at least a general idea of what they are hke 'without, 1 hope, being too much bored. We have seen that the dams range in length from a few inches to two thousand feet or more, and in height up to fourteen feet, containing from a pound or two of building material up to several hundred tons, aU carried laboriously by the industrious builders in their tiny hands or with their powerful teeth.
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