. British animals extinct within historic times : with some account of British wild white cattle. Extinct mammals; Mammals; Cattle. THE BE A VER. 51 are cut into lengths and carried off for building purposes. " The story that Beavers use their broad flat tails as a ' trowel' for plastering purposes is said by the keeper (who has spent a very great deal of time in watching their habits, getting up into a tree before dark, and sitting tliere without sound or motion for hours and hours) to be a myth. He describes the process of plastering as follows : The Beaver swims away from the dam or ho
. British animals extinct within historic times : with some account of British wild white cattle. Extinct mammals; Mammals; Cattle. THE BE A VER. 51 are cut into lengths and carried off for building purposes. " The story that Beavers use their broad flat tails as a ' trowel' for plastering purposes is said by the keeper (who has spent a very great deal of time in watching their habits, getting up into a tree before dark, and sitting tliere without sound or motion for hours and hours) to be a myth. He describes the process of plastering as follows : The Beaver swims away from the dam or house upon which it is at work for some distance, then dives, and emerges. LO'WER JAW OF BEAVEll FROM THE PENS. (f NAT. SIZE.)* again close to the dam or house, carrying the mud in its mouth. It then places it where required, and proceeds to knead it with its forefeet; and when one considers the enormous amount of work entailed in thus plastering a dam of Soft, or 100ft. long, I oft. to 15ft. thick at the base, and 8ft. to loft. high, it makes one wish that our human workmen would display a little more of the indomitable per- severance shown by these wonderful little creatures. * From a specimen in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. E. 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 Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928. Boston : J. R. Osgood
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