EOYAL CHASE OF SHIRLOT. 



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Within our own recollection the badger was to be 

 found at Eenthall Edge; but be bad two enemies 

 — tbe fox, wbo sometimes took possession of bis den 

 and drove bim from tbe place, and tbe miners of 

 Broseley and Bentball, wbo were usually great doo-- 



fanciers, and wbo were accustomed to steal forth as 

 the moon rose above the horizon, and intercept him 

 as he left bis long winding excavation among tbe 

 rocks, in order to make sport for them at their 

 annual wakes. 



