THE BADGER 



the head, jaw, or nose. The dog's smothered 

 cries of anger and pain make you strain every 

 nerve to get to his reHef. 



When the badger at last leaves go, the 

 terrier's turn comes, and now with blood 

 up he drives back the badger to his end 

 of the hole with every determination to 

 keep him there. After two or three turns 

 like this, if the dog has been in an hour 

 or two, he will probably come out for a 

 breath of air for a moment. He should be 

 immediately taken, fastened up, watered, and 

 kept in reserve for future contingencies, and 

 the best terrier for sticking up be sent in 

 with the utmost haste. If a minute has been 

 spent in doing this, every moment will have 

 been used by the badger in barricading the 

 passage against the dog and burying himself. 

 This once accomplished, you may as well 

 whistle for your badger as continue digging, 

 for he may have got down into some other 

 gallery, or have buried himself so that neither 

 dog nor man can find him. Of one thing 

 you may be sure, that whilst you are speculat- 

 ing what has become of him, he is dieeine 



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