Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

CHAPTER XXI.
TRAPPING BEAVER.
While traveling through some of the mountain
ranges where, thickly wooded along the streams, my
attention was often attracted by the work of these
mysterious animals, for they had been very numerous in favorable locations for them during many
years past, notwithstanding the many traps. set for
them by skillful hands. Most of them have been
caught, but their works do not follow them. They
are remarkably shy, seldom seen by daylight, and
have such a keen sense of hearing, that nothing can
approach near enough to see them before they disappear under the water.
When at Albany a short time since, I visited for
the first time since my return the Agricultural
Rooms, and saw there several very good specimens
of their work, recently obtained, to perpetuate their
skill and labor. I examined them with more than
ordinary interest, having seen and investigated
much of their rather remarkable works.
These animals have been numerously found in all
these mountain regions, and have been trapped in
all possible ways for their valuable furs, which hap
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