THE BADGER 



of which the passages all united and formed 

 a single underground gallery. The dogs 

 having each entered by a separate hole made 

 this clear. 



" A shaft was sunk in order to start a 

 tunnel at the opening of the lowest hole, but 

 a depth of 7 to 8 metres (23 to 26 feet) had 

 to be sunk before the passage was reached ; 

 thence they followed the direction taken by 

 the dogs, and enlarged the tunnel to reach 

 them, making an underground roadway 5 feet 

 high (1^ metres) and nearly 6 feet wide 

 (if metres). 



"Whilst the workmen were mining, the 

 badgers on their part were also working 

 ceaselessly, and kept blocking the road with 

 the earth they threw back in front of the 

 men who were pursuing them, whilst the 

 latter worked in shifts (relieving parties). 

 For three days and three nights these in- 

 domitable animals worked on, retreating all 

 the time, during which they bored their way 

 49 feet whilst buried in this extension of 

 their principal earth without air or food. 



" At one time during this war a. out ranee 



