after a ftrange and wonderful manner, (he defendeth her 

 felf . againft any blow and teeth of Dogs •<, onely a fmall 

 ftroke on her Nofe will difpatch her prefently '-> you may 

 thralh your heart weary on her back, which (he values as^ 

 a matter of nothing. 



In Italy they eat the flefli of Badgers, and fo they do 

 in Germany, boiling it with Pears : fome have eaten it 

 here in England, but like it not, being of a fweet rankifli 

 tafte. 



The flefli is bed in September if it be fat » and of the 

 two kinds, the Swinifti Badger is better flefh than the o- 

 ther. 



They love Hogs-flefh above any other •, for take but i 

 piece of Pork and train it over a Badger''^ Burrow, if he 

 be within, you Qiall quickly fee him appear without. 



Their nature is very cold i and therefore when it 

 fnoweth they will not come out of their holes for three 

 or four days together. 



They live long, and by mere age will grow blinde » 

 then will they not ftir out of their Holes, but are fed by 

 thofe who have their fight. 



This fubtilty they have, that when they perceive the 

 Terriers begin to yearn them, they will il:op the hole be- 

 tween the Terriers and them : if the Terriers continue 

 baying, they will remove their baggage with them, and 

 go into another apartment or chamber of the Burrow, 

 (for know that fome of their Houfes have half a dozerS 

 rooms at lead s ) and fo will remove from one to the o- 

 ther, till they can go no further, barricadoing the way as 

 they go. 



The Hunting of a Badger muft be after this manners 

 You muft firft feek the Earths and Burrows where he 

 lieth, and in a clear Moon-fliine night go and rtop all 

 the holes but one or two, and therein place fome Sacks 

 fallned with fome drawing Strings, which may fhuthim 

 in as foon as he (!r3ineih the Bag. ^ ^ 



