112 £Df 'BaHgeMjimting. 



ful to Warrens , cfpecially when they are big with. 

 young. 



Badgers when they Earth, after by digging they have 

 entred a good depth, for the clearing of the Earth out, 

 one of them falleth on the back, and the other layeth 

 Earth on the belly, and fo taking his hinder feet in his 

 mouth, drawetii the Belly-laden- K^x^^/^fr out of the Hole 

 or Cave i and having disburdened her felf, re-enters, 

 and do:h the like till all be hnifhed. 



Thefc Badgers are very fleepy, efpecially in the day- 

 time, and feldom ftir abroad but in the night j for 

 which caufe they are called Lucifug<e^ avoiders of the 

 Light. 



It is very pleafant to behold them when they ga- 

 ther materials for their Couch, as llraw, leaves, mofs, 

 and fuch-like \ for with their Feet and their Head they 

 will wrap as much together as a man can well carry un- 

 der his arm, and will make (hift to get it into their Cells 

 and Couches. 



He hath very (harp Teeth, and therefore is accoun-- 

 ted a deep biting beaft : his back is broad , and hrsj 

 legs are longer on the right fide than the left, and 

 therefore he runneth bell when he gets on the fide ofl 

 an Hill, or a Cart - road - way. His fore-Legs have! 

 very lliarp Nails, bare, and apt to dig withal, being! 

 five both before and behinde, but the hinder very mu'cM 

 Ihorter, and covered with hair. His favour is ftrong,, 

 and much troubled with Lice about the fecrets. Bothi 

 Male and Female have under their Hole another Hole! 

 outwardly, but not inwardly in the Male. If (he bei 

 hunted abroad with Hounds, Ihe biteth them moft grie- 

 vouily where-ever (he lays hold on them. For the pre- 

 vention thereof, the careful Huntfmen put great broad 

 Collars made of Grays Skins about their Dogs Necks. 

 Her manner is to tight on her back, ullng thereby both 

 her Teeth and her Nails i and by blowing up her Skin 



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