J.G.Hall 1952 35 July 22 Sagemen Creek 3mi NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. stem starting at small end & working to large end while holding stick & rotating it like corn on the cob. Then swam up toward small island, came back, started to N shore where first seen & again was lost to sight at 7 PM. 7:02-7:15 seen obscurely working away on a little isle near N shore. Once or twice appeared to let old dead sticks float down. Then swam up to little cove just below small dam where it was last night, dove & disappeared. 7:20 caught sight of it again working over in N channel which is partially screened from sight. Doing something w/ dead sticks. 7:25 thrashing about in willows. 7:28 dove from small cove (into bank burrow?) 7:35 heard beaver crunching on dead stick near cove. 7:41 young doe came to water's edge below where beaver was working, drank, crossed to "gravel patch island" & grazed not more than 25" from beaver. Beaver cut & ate willows in place, doe saw movement &