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but I fear that, like the red deer, fox, and 

 otter, he will have to make his exit if he 

 be not hunted. Some object to badger- 

 hunting underground because of the punish- 

 ment often inflicted on the terriers, and of 

 the tendency that the sport may degene- 

 rate into a sort of drawing match. If, 

 however, we are to compare one sport 

 with another, there is nothing in a pro- 

 perly - managed badger - digging that can 

 disgust the spectator as he must be dis- 

 gusted towards the finish of the otter 



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hunt. 



One of the most cruel amusements, if 

 we look closely into it, is ferreting rabbits. 

 And yet who will say that ferreting rabbits 

 is anything but a fair and reputable sport? 

 But the man who is constantly rabbiting 



