Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 297
is inspiration, his sharp teethare his hatchet and chisel, and his little paws arehis means of conveyance, his spade, his hammer,and his trowel. His hard, flat, hairless, and scalytail is a propeller when swimming and a balancewhen he is cutting timber, for he stands on hishind legs while gnawing… … Ctitirtesyof American Museum of Natural Histor>. BABY BEAVEKS AT UOMR. low, birch, aspen, and box-elder. The bark of theoak, ash, and hickory he does not eat. To flood low ground, the beavers sometimes NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 175 have to build a dam exceeding fifty feet in length.They…
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