1 84 The hooke of Hunting 



The Badgerd pigges at comming out of the earth do common- 

 ly make and calt their fyaunts : and they neuer do it vntill they 

 haue made a hole in the earth with theyr fnowte or with their 

 foote : and then they fyaunt within it and hide it : this the Foxe 

 cubbes do not. Alfo the Badgerd maketh his hole commonly 

 in fande or light earth whiche is eafie to digge, and in open pla- 

 ces, to haue the comfort of the Sunne : for they fleepe vncefTant- 

 ]y, and are muche fatter than Foxcubbes be. As touchyng their 

 hcare, they haue a grey coate, and are fomewhat whyter than 

 the olde, waryng greyer and greyer the elder that they bee : 

 fome fay that there is twoo fortes of thefe yong Badgerdes 

 (and I beleeue it) whereof that other forte goeth furder out 

 for their pray than thefe do : and that they cafte their fyants 

 longer fomewhat lyke a Foxe, and keepe commonly in ftrong 

 holdes or in rockes, and make their earth or their Burrowe 

 deeper than thefe doo. But yet there be not fo many chambers 

 nor angles in their Burrowes as there are in thefe : for it were 

 vnpoffible for them to worke fo well in Rockes or in harde 

 earth, as thofe others do in Sande. Thefe two fundry fortes do 

 not keepe one another companie : neyther fliall you lightly 

 finde one of them where that other is. Terryers do feare the 

 one more than the other, bycaufe they are muche curlier, and a- 

 gayne they ftinke muche worfe. For the better vnderftandyng 

 of the diuerfitie, let vs coyne a worde, and call the one Badgerd- 

 piggcs, and the other Badgerdwhelpes, and fay that the Bad- 

 gerdwhelpes haue theyr nofe, their throte, and their eares yel- 

 lowyflie, lyke vnto a Marternes throte, and are muche blacker 

 than the pigges, and higher legged : Bothe fortes Hue vpon 

 all fleflie, and will hunte after carrion : they do greate hurte 

 in Warreynes and Connigrees, efpecially when they be full 

 of little rabbets, for they make a hole right aboue the neaft, 

 We thiuke and go ftreyght to them : Whereas the Foxe followcth the 

 that the Foxe holcs mouthc vntill he come at the neaft. I haue feene a 

 Zluets^wel' Badgcrde take a fuckyng Pigge in my prefence, and ca- 

 as a Badgerd Tycd him clcanc away vnto his earth. It is sure that they 

 defire Hogges flellie more than any other: For if you trayne 



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