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another half grown one that had been killed by 

 the terriers. 



" I left that night (Thursday) for Monmouthshire, 

 and after midnight on Good Friday we started 

 off with the four little hounds and a couple of 

 rough haired terriers for some very large woods, 

 but with good rides in them. All the earths were 

 well attended to with faggot bundles, the last of 

 them was being stopped when we arrived. The night 

 was cloudy and occasionally quite dark, but the dogs 

 hunted very well, and were close on to a badger 

 several times, but failed to mark one to ground. 

 About 6 a.m. the dachshunds (both terriers had 

 been badly bitten in the wood, and were sent 

 to the inn) took a line towards the river Usk. 

 This line they hunted very prettily for a long 

 way, when two of them went to ground by the 

 riverside in an earth about six feet below the top 

 of the bank, and in a moment they were baying in a 

 way that left no doubt they were at something. 

 I was half afraid it might be a fox, but some 

 hairs picked off the sides and top of the entrance 

 proved it was used by badgers ; and the unmis- 

 takable imprint of the badger's nails, quite fresh, 

 close to the entrance, settled the question. 



" Before commencing digging, the men expressed 

 a great wish to send to the village for a noted 



