Badgers 97 



has most kindly taken the trouble to 

 authenticate and verify : 



"At a place called Brad worthy, several 

 farmers complained to the clergyman of the 

 parish of the serious damage done by the 

 badgers amongst their poultry, and showed 

 the remains of partially eaten fowls." 



"In the adjoining parish of Morwenstow 

 a lamb was killed and partly eaten two 

 badgers being caught in the act." 



"In the same parish and this case is 

 vouched for by the clergyman of the parish 

 a farmer was much troubled by the badgers 

 which got into his mangold fields, and caused 

 a great amount of damage to the mangold. 

 He took his gun with him on one occasion, 

 and sighted three badgers in one of his fields ; 

 he shot one, whereupon the other two attacked 

 him savagely. He had to defend himself with 



the stock of his gun, which he broke in so 



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