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like demons and neglect the badger, who will 

 assuredly bury himself. The best and safest 

 plan is to keep all the terriers, except the 

 one in use, chained up at a distance from the 

 earth. The above are general details, but 

 will serve, perhaps, to make clear the 

 following particular account of a memorable 

 day's trenching. 



" The boy is waiting for an answer," was 

 the announcement as a note was handed 

 to the writer asking him to join with his 

 two terriers, Slick and Turk, in a trenching 

 expedition on the following day. The scene 

 of operations was in South Devon, not a 

 hundred miles from Totnes. Needless to 

 say, the invitation was accepted with 

 alacrity. The following morning saw four 

 of us and five terriers driving to the 

 "rendezvous," where men with the requisite 

 tools had been ordered to meet us. During 

 the drive we experienced the truth of the 



