Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 299
together due to industry, but to the necessity ofkeeping their teeth worn down, as they growvery fast and would otherwise disable the animal. Even in the farthest wilds, where the sight ofman should not cause great alarm, the beaverstili remains the shyest of wilderness creatures.Doing most of… … A Mi,MBi;R OF THE BEAVER-COLONY TESTING HIS TEETH. worlds greatest fur shipments come from, thebeaver-skin was long one of the most valuable offurs. During the early part of the last centurya rude system of exchange in which the beaver-skin figured as the medium was put into effect bythe traders…
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