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(both drowned) in a bow-net set for pike at the mouth of a meadow 
drain oi^ening into the Yare at Cringleford. 
Ijauqru [Meles taxun.) The badger I suppose to be netirly 
extinct in Norfolk. A line specimen was captured about ten years 
since at liitwood, being dug out of its burrow in a plantation in 
that parish ; and in 18G8 a badger was trapped at Somerton, which 
to a distance of four miles, where it w;xs found 
dead in a sheep-fold, with the trap fastened to one of its legs. 
IIedgeiioo {Erlnaceus europreus.) The hedgeliog appears to 
hunt by scent. I once saw a hedgehog caught by the nose in a 
gamekeeper’s steel trap, the bait being a piece of carrion on the 
top of a stick about twelve inches high, which was stuck upright 
in the ground near the tnip. I once knew a 8cotch terrier which 
Avas indefatigable in hunting for hedgehogs, though it could never 
bo induced to pay any attention to rats, rabbits, or any other 
object of pursuit, except the hedgehog. 
Common Molf, {Talpa vuhjarU.) The late Mr. James Dix, of 
Tivetshall, had a spaniel that constantly accompanied him in his 
morning walks over his farm, Avhich he was in the habit of making 
at a very early hour. This dog was always on the look out for the 
working of the moles during the early morning, and Avhen he saw 
the surface mould being moved by a mole, would plunge his 
muzzle into the soil, and seldom, if ever, failed to secure the mole, 
Avhich it seemed to be the dog’s especial delight thus to capture. 
Water Shrew {Sorex fodiem.) I never saAv a Norfolk speci- 
men of this shrew, but I once saw one from Oulton, near Lowestoft. 
Oared Shrew (Sorex refni/er.) I have met with this species 
at KesAvick and at Stoke Holy Cross. When it is pla 3 nng on the 
surface of a pond in a summer eA^ening, it exhibits a degree of 
activity Avhich is perfectly marvellous. I am informed that this 
species has also occurred at Gillingham and at Fakenham. 
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus.) [Many years ago I saw a 
very small shrcAV SAvimming in a marsh inside the sea bank on the 
Cley side of Salthouse marshes. I succeeded in capturing it, and 
sent it to the late Mr. Yarrell, A\'ho pronounced it to be a specimen 
of the common shroAv ; but I hav'c ahvays had some doubts of the 
identification being correct, and mention the circumstance as one 
