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Paid to a badger killing, 6d. 1750, Given to 

 Ed. Wollas for catcliing a badger, is. 1753, 

 Paid to a fox catcliing at Carlton, 6d. Paid to 

 a fox catcliing at Nocton, 6d. 1756, Paid to 

 Sam. Rollison for ale, spent by the fox hunters, 

 8s. 1757, Spent when ye mobb came to 

 Bassingham, los. 1762, Gave an otter killing, 

 6d. ; Gave to a man for killing a bitch fox and 

 seven cubs, 2s. 6d ; Spent at the death of the 

 fox, 5s. 1764, Paid to Elizabeth Marshall for 

 ale when we went a fox hunting, 5s. ; Paid for 

 two otters killing at Carlton, is. 6d. 1765, 

 Paid to Ion Kirk, to an old fox, is. 1766, Paid 

 to Tom Taylor for 2 quarts o' rum when we 

 were a fox hunting, 6s. 1768, Spent of the 

 window peeper, ^d. ; Paid for i dozen and 2 

 magpies, 8 ravens, 4 dozen and 3 crows, 6s. 9d. 

 1782, To ropes for tieing the bull's legs, is. 6d. ; 

 Spent when we cut the bull's eyes out, 2S. 6d." 



The presentation of such bills nowadays 

 would make Parish Councils stare, and exer- 

 cise the mind of Mr. Colam ; and though fox- 

 hunters in a higher sphere of life have been 

 humorously depicted on the floor in a chimney 

 corner after dinner, the fox and badger catchers 

 must have regarded a carousal over the ale and 



