. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . a?6 HUNTING THE OPOSSUM. CHAPTER LXI. HUNTING THE BEAVER AND OPOSSUM. URING the greater part of th«time since the settlement of Ame-rica by Europeans the Beaverhas been a favorite object withhunters. The general aspect ofthe Beaver is that of a very largemusk-rat. But the greater sizeof the beaver, the thickness andbreadth of its head, and its hori-zontally flattened, broad and scalytail, render it impossible to mistake it for any other creature whenclosely examined. In its movements both on shore and in thewater, it also closely resembles the m
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . a?6 HUNTING THE OPOSSUM. CHAPTER LXI. HUNTING THE BEAVER AND OPOSSUM. URING the greater part of th«time since the settlement of Ame-rica by Europeans the Beaverhas been a favorite object withhunters. The general aspect ofthe Beaver is that of a very largemusk-rat. But the greater sizeof the beaver, the thickness andbreadth of its head, and its hori-zontally flattened, broad and scalytail, render it impossible to mistake it for any other creature whenclosely examined. In its movements both on shore and in thewater, it also closely resembles the musk-rat, having the samequick step, with great vigor and celerity, either on the surface, ofin the depths of the water.
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