THE BADGER 



to her healthy appetite. When out walking 

 in the country, where she always readily 

 followed me, she would unearth rats, moles, 

 and young rabbits, which she could scent at 

 the bottom of their holes. In spite of her 

 thorough domesticity, I never succeeded in 

 overcoming her antipathy to dogs, and more 

 especially to cats, which she chased most 

 viciously did they dare to enter the kitchen 

 where she reigned as queen ; and where, 

 such was her sensitiveness to cold, she had 

 made her bed against the wall in the chimney 

 corner. Here in winter, buried in her furs, 

 she slept curled up for whole days together. 

 But which of us is without a fault ? A little 

 greedy without being actually voracious, 

 sweet Grisette sometimes ventured on to the 

 stone-work of the cooking-stove, and from 

 there was able to discover from which of 

 the saucepans was exhaled the most savoury 

 odour, and never did she make a mistake on 

 that score ! " 



Du Fouilloux states in his Venerie : "Je 

 ay veu aux blereaux prendre deuant moy 

 les petis cochons de laict, lesquelz ilz tray- 

 do 



