Note 31 — THE FORESTS AND SPORT OF SIBERIA.
Margaret R. Thomson translation
[Note 31] p. 135.—Extermination of the Beaver.
Mr. Martin, in his eulogy of the beaver (Castorologia, 1892), describes the rapid diminution of numbers in Canada, largely as the result of careless greed, but also through the spread of colonisation. He believes that by the end of the century, none will be found except in museums. Their rarity in Europe is well known.