... this was going on at the dam, a rustling of branches and splashing of water turned the watchers’ attention up-stream Another beaver came in sight, and then another, each partly floating and partly ... nourishment, they were then dragged out again, and floated down to be used in the repair of the dam The other passage, especially adapted to quick exit in case of danger from the way of the roof, was about ... of water against the dam He was apparently heading straight up for the inlet of the pond, on a path which would take him within about twenty-five or thirty yards of the main beaver -house on the...