BADGERS 



CHAPTER I 



FROM considerable correspondence that has 

 from time to time appeared in the Press, it 

 would seem that there is a wide divergence 

 of opinion as to the destructive proclivities 

 of the badger (Taxus meles or meles 

 vulgaris}. The writer having had some 

 experience of this most interesting animal, 

 is opposed to the theory that badgers are 

 so destructive as is frequently represented, 

 or that they attack poultry, and most natur- 

 alists whose opinion carry weight describe 

 them as quiet, inoffensive animals. 



The common badger is so completely 



nocturnal in its habits and so exceedingly 



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