THE BADGER 



noient tout vifz en leur terrier. C'est vne 

 chose certaine qu'ilz en sont plus friandz 

 que de toutes autres chairs : car si on passe 

 vn carnage de porceau par dessus leurs 

 terriers, ilz ne faudront iamais de sorter 

 pour y aller." 



The badger is credited with a special love 

 for pork. I have seen a statement in an old 

 volume of the Gentleman s Recreation, in 

 which the writer refers to the taste of the 

 badger for pork. " They love Hog's-flesh 

 above any other ; for take but a piece of 

 Pork and train it over a badger's Burrow, if 

 he be within, you shall quickly see him 

 appear without." 



Badgers are omnivorous. In their wild 

 state their food is principally roots and insects 

 they are especially fond of beetles and such 

 creatures as are to be found just below the 

 surface of the ground, or under the decaying 

 dung of cattle. The natural history books 

 say they eat frogs. This may be true, but I 

 have not observed it. I have tried badgers 

 in confinement with all sorts of insects and 

 grubs, but I never could get them to touch 

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