The Dachshund. 549 



getting the terrier out, a dachshund was put 

 in, and we soon saw him backing slowly out, 

 and, to our astonishment, he brought with him a 

 young badger, not quite half grown, dead and 

 nearly cold. This the terrier must have killed early 

 in the morning. 



1 The dachshund was sent to ground again, and 

 he was soon heard baying close to where we had 

 heard the other terrier, but his voice was so loud we 

 could tell exactly where he was. 



'' Then, by about twelve o'clock, we had dug to 

 the second terrier, and he was more injured than the 

 first, so they were both sent home. 



" The badger now seemed to shift his quarters, 

 for, on putting a second dachshund in, we heard 

 both dogs baying quite close together in a different 

 place, and, after the quietness of the terriers, the loud 

 baying of the dachshunds seemed to encourage the 

 men in their digging, for there was no doubt as 

 to the whereabouts of the dogs. About 3 p.m. 

 we dug down to them, and soon bagged a very 

 fine badger. 



" Knowing, however, that there was more than 

 one badger in, for the terriers had been working 

 at different places, the four dachshunds were all 

 sent underground together. They could not find 

 the other badger, but one of them brought out 



