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No such calamity befell "Willoughby's Patent," however. The land was found, with all its "marked or blazed trees," its "heaps of stones," "large butternut corners," and "dead oaks." In a word, everything was as it should be; even to the quality of the soil, the beaver-pond, and the quantity.
I jest said that to git quit of bein' asked questions when I was sleepy. I knowed all the time it was beaver!" "Yes, Jabe," admitted the Boy, "it was beavers. I've found a big beaver-pond just up the brook a ways a pond with two big beaver-houses in it. I've found it so I claim it as mine, and there ain't to be any trapping on that pond.
"The dam is for the purpose of securing a constant supply of water, without which they could not live. When they have enclosed the beaver-pond, they separate into family parties of eleven or twelve, perhaps more, sometimes less, and construct dwellings, which are raised against the inner walls of the dam.
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