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a sieve, so full of open wounds was it, made by the 

 badger's claws. The game dog had made himself 

 a great favourite ; he was carefully nursed and well 

 cared for ; during three weeks some one sat up with 

 him nightly, and he was fed at intervals with beef 

 tea, &c., administered by the aid of a spoon held far 

 down below the tongue, as anything given in the 

 usual way flowed out through the holes the badger 

 had caused. In due course Jack recovered, but one 

 of his eyes had been bitten through, and the sight of 

 the other went, either through " sympathy " or by 

 the carbolic acid used in dressing the wounds, which 

 for a long time had seemed likely to mortify. 



Now comes the extraordinary part of the story. 

 The next day Mr. Schrieber was not able to revisit 

 the earths, which had been duly blocked and stopped 

 with faggots. On the second day he returned ; a 

 terrier at once went to ground and marked ; spades 

 were requisitioned, and in due course the end of the 

 earth was reached. Here a female badger was found 

 dead and cold ; her companion whilst fighting with 

 the terrier was captured. The badger which Jack 

 had doubtless killed weighed 261b., and on being 

 skinned every bone in her chest and all her ribs were 

 found to be broken, though she showed no outer 

 marks excepting such as would be made by the 

 dog's teeth, and where the latter had bruised the 



