THE BADGER 



demn — it is as much a profanation of sport 

 as coursing bagged hares in enclosed 

 grounds. There are degrees of wickedness, 

 and when a badger is placed in a properly- 

 constructed badger-box there are few terriers 

 that would not be vanquished in the en- 

 counter. The figure below illustrates the 

 correct box. 



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Fig. I. 



One of the atrocious methods by which 

 the badger was baited in the last century is 

 described and denounced in volume xii. of 

 the Sporting Magazine, 1788. "They dig 

 a place in the earth about a yard long, so 

 that one end is four feet deep. At this end 

 a strong stake is driven down. Then the 

 badger's tail is split, a chain put through it, 

 and fastened to the stake with such ability 

 that the badger can come up to the other 



