THE BADGER 



" Permit me to coincide with ' Lepus Hiber- 

 nicus ' respecting the plentifulness of the 

 badger in Ireland. Some years since I was 

 on a large estate in Co. Clare, and badgers 

 were abundant on the domain and the adjoin- 

 ing property ; I also found them numerous 

 in the wilds of Galway. I have found and 

 killed them in many parts of England and 

 Wales, but have seen and trapped far more 

 in the west of Ireland." — J. J. M. "Your 

 correspondent, ' Lepus Hibernicus,' in the 

 Field of November 5, mentions that badgers 

 are by no means uncommon in Ireland. I 

 am in the west of Cornwall, and there are 

 any amount here, a great deal too plentiful 

 to please me, as I am sure they do a lot 

 of harm to rabbits and game. I found the 

 parts of a fowl in a field, evidently killed by 

 a badger, as there was a trail not a foot 

 away, and also a hole scratched, which could 

 be the work of none other than a badger. I 

 had two very big ones brought to me alive 

 last week. They were caught by setting a 

 noose of thin rope in their run. I should 

 like to know a good way to exterminate 



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