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looking down the hole, and, jumping up the corner 

 of the trench, the badger made for the river bank. 



" A shepherd had come to look on, and, having 

 his sheepdog with him, the latter immediately gave 

 chase, catching the badger up just as he reached 

 the edge of the bank. The badger landed beauti- 

 fully on the narrow ledge upon which the earth 

 opened, but the poor sheepdog went right over the 

 bank, down to the bed of the river, a fall of nearly 

 twenty feet. The dachshunds were helped out 

 of the trench, everyone ran and halloaed, and there 

 was great excitement. The badger turned up a dry 

 ditch full of brambles, and, by the combined aid of 

 the dachshunds and the sheepdog, was ultimately 

 bagged. 



" On the Monday I was driven about fourteen 

 miles for a third hunt, as my friend had seen a 

 badger quite recently in the wood, and had made all 

 arrangements for stopping the earths. I took the 

 recently caught badger with me, as it was wanted 

 to turn down, and the one we had bagged on the 

 Thursday was of the wrong sex. The moon was 

 late in rising, so we did not leave the house until 

 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday. The earth-stopper had all 

 the main earths stopped, and a fire burning in front, 

 by which he had made himself comfortable. 



" This night we had only the four dachshunds ; 



