. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. â¢â I t 466 Life-histories of Northern Animals "Three Beavers [he says**] were seen cutting down a large cottonwood tree; when they had made considerable progress, one of them retired to a short distance and took his station in the water, looking steadfastly at the top of the tree. As soon as he perceived the top begin to move towards its fall, he gave notice of the danger to his companions, who were still. Fio. 136âA 5-inch upen jiut fallm. at work gnawing
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. â¢â I t 466 Life-histories of Northern Animals "Three Beavers [he says**] were seen cutting down a large cottonwood tree; when they had made considerable progress, one of them retired to a short distance and took his station in the water, looking steadfastly at the top of the tree. As soon as he perceived the top begin to move towards its fall, he gave notice of the danger to his companions, who were still. Fio. 136âA 5-inch upen jiut fallm. at work gnawing at its base, by slapping his tail upon the surface of the water, and they in mediately ran from the tree out of harm's ; Many times the tree goes the wrong way. This I have often seen, and frequently it has happened that some Beaver made a miscalculation and was killed by the fall of his own tree. The largest trunk I have ever seen cut down by Beavers was 14 inches in diameter, a poplar, but we have records of cottonwoods 20 and 24 inches, 30 inches," nearly 3 ; These, however, are exceptional; 3 to 8 inches is the usual run. At one Beaver cutting I counted 116 poplar stumps. There were six such places near the dam, but the largest stump of any was but 8 inches through. As an adjunct of work the Beavers sometimes raise a platform of mud around a tree. This enables them to reach up higher to a thinner place and cut it down more easily. â¢"Long's Exped, 1823, \'ol. I, p. 464. This passage apparently by T. Say. Morgan, Am. Beaver, p. 177. » Lewis and Clark, Longman's ed., p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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