to be crushed by their falling; and on appearance of an approaching enemy, the centinel will jump immediately from the ground and dive under the water, where they can remain for three or four minutes. Their legs are so short that they cannot run faster than a Child of ten Years old[.] Nor even can they see objects at a great distance. But to compensate for these deficiences, their senses of hearing and smelling are amazingly acute:– they are also very cleanly, as they make a rule to throw out all the refuse from the Lodge. They are naturally timorous, and agree very well amongs[t] themselves; provided there are not different females in the Lodge – but generally they are expelled when able to provide for themselves. The Carkajou is the most inveterate enemy of the Beaver, and the Black Bear his next. In summer they lay wait in his roads, seize him by the throat, and carry the poor harmless creature away into the woods without his making the least resistance, where he is instantaneously torn in pieces.

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