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doing, and got away with difficulty. He 

 afterwards secured the one he had shot, and 

 presented the skin to the above - named 

 clergyman. This case is peculiarly interesting 

 to me, as I never remember hearing of any- 

 one being attacked by badgers in such a 

 manner before ; probably this one the farmer 

 shot was a young one, and the others the 

 parents." 



"In the parish of Welcombe there are a 

 great number of badgers, owing to the fact of 

 there being good cover, and they are never 

 hunted, and seldom disturbed in any way. 

 A number, however, are annually caught in 

 rabbit gins those most horrible instruments 

 of torture. One farmer stated that he had 

 caught at least half-a-dozen in this way by 

 placing the gins carefully hidden and well 

 secured round his poultry houses. Another 

 farmer living at Well Farm lost fowls and 

 turkeys to the value of several pounds in a 



