70 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



but not so the terrier, which was no more seen till 

 evening, when he came back very muddy and with 

 blood about his head. From that time I had no 

 more raids on my hens. 



Redcap was a very fast dog, and I have seen him 

 run close up to a hare for a long distance. He 

 was, too, a rare hand at water-rats, and would dive 

 or swim anywhere. A keeper once brought me a 

 badger that he had found in an earth, and I 

 thought I should like to keep it. I had it there- 

 fore put into an outhouse, where it remained for 

 several days ; but one night it dug its wa^^- out, and 

 made good its escape to the woods. It was marked 

 to ground in a covert near at hand, and I had 

 Redcap out to try to recover it. As soon as the 

 terrier was in, we dug down to them, and choking 

 the terrier off, I tied him to a tree while we set to 

 work to bag the brock, as we thought. He was, 

 however, too quick for us, and bolting out, started 

 off across the open field. As soon as Redcap 

 caught sight of him, he made such a spring at his 

 chain that it snapped, and with about three feet of 

 it dangling behind him the terrier started in pur- 

 suit. As he came up to the badger he seized him 

 by the head, and a desperate fight ensued, till at 

 last the badger got his foreleg through the dog's 

 collar, choked him off, and made another run for 

 life. Once again the terrier overtook and pressed 

 him severely, and then, turning suddenly, seized 

 the badger just behind the jaw, and hanging tight 

 to his windpipe, choked him. This badger pulled 



