force, he retires from the place of his former happiness, and lives by himself or such time as he can fall in with another partner, who will partake of his joys and woes[.] The Beaver from his Amphibiouous nature might be supposed to use fish as a part of his food, but so far is he to the contrary of that disposition, that he permits the "finny tribe" to enter his house unmolested[.] The Smooth or Grey Poplar is the aliment he prefers to all others, notwithstanding he will eat the rough Poplar, Birch, and Willows of all kinds. In October he applies himself with unremitting persevearance to lay up a sufficient stock of the first sort to carry them to the winter;– While the old ones are employed in bringing the truncks, the young exercise themselves in cutting and fetching the small willowes; as their tender age precludes them from joining the old ones in the more arduous part of their economy. aAll are equally industrious, as Laziness is severely chastized by biting the Culprit, and driving him or her from the lodge[.] While they are all at work which is generally in the night, one stands on the outlook so as to warn the others in case of danger[.] Whether wil-ful or accidental, as a[t] times when they fell Large trees they are apt

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