248 BADGER-HUNTING 



and can claim the title. The fox - terrier, 

 whether wire-haired or smooth, is often 

 an excellent badger dog. The bull-terrier, 

 as seen in the showyard, is too big, and, 

 when diminutive, is generally too pug- 

 nacious for the purpose, and has too much 

 of the obstinate and unreasoning ferocity 

 of the bull-dog to make a good badger 

 dog. Yet it is sometimes useful to have 

 a strain of his blood in the fox-terrier, if 

 it can be obtained in such small quantity 

 as neither to destroy the reliability and 

 voice, nor the less excitable disposition of 

 the fox-terrier. 



When pursuing a badger underground, 

 the dog that does the most satisfactory work 

 is hard, strong, short-legged, sharp-tongued, 

 and discreet ; one that is a sure marker, that 



