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team of terriers. The terriers must, to 

 be successful, combine discretion with valour 

 and pertinacity. A dog that goes to 

 ground, and immediately tries a " set to " 

 with a badger, either gets badly punished 

 or such a frightening that he becomes a 

 funker. All that a good terrier should do, 

 when despatched underground, is to follow 

 the badger, giving tongue till he corners 

 him, and then lie up to him baying, keep- 

 ing him there through long hours, if 

 necessary, while the digging proceeds ; 

 never heeding the noise of spade, pick, 

 and shovel overhead, and never fighting 

 unless the badger attempts to charge or 

 leave his place. One reliable terrier with 

 a good voice is worth all the worrying, 

 excitable terriers in the countryside. I 



