I knew of one undergraduate at Oxford, whose sporting establishment consisted of a tame badger, a beagle, and a bull-terrier. Whenever he required a little exercise and a hunting-run, the badger was turned out, the beagle laid on after a certain amount of law, and the bull-terrier kept in reserve to recover the badger, should he go to ground. This sporting quartette thoroughly understood each other, and, as a rule, each kept to his own special department. The badger was expected, at least, to give a two or three miles’ run over a country, the beagle to speak to him all the way, and to account for him, the man to keep the beagle in view, and the terrier to facilitate the operation of bagging the badger at the finish. Thus all four obtained in an original manner exercise and diversion. This form of amusement, however, does not appear to reach a much higher level than hunting carted deer. In conclusion, I would appeal to all lovers of nature, among the best of whom are numbered the true sportsmen, to use their influence in securing a reasonable protection for the badger. And if they will take the trouble of observing his habits and mode of life, I can predict with confidence they will come to the same conclusion as the writer, that he is an animal well worth preserving from extinction, both as a beast of chase and on account of his many interesting and useful qualities. INDEX INDEX AIREDALES, 247. Amcott, Captain, sent Faraway to Tattersall’s, 211. Antrobus, C., hunting with Drag, 20. Ashton, M.F.H., 32. Astley’s harriers in 1810, 118. Author (Alfred E. Pease)-- Account of run with Cleveland, January 9, 1882, 209. Best run, 207. Entries of drags, 26. Experience of hare-hunting, 120. Extract from diary on footmen, 137. Master of Drag, 25, 27. Organises drag, 25. Rides in House of Commons Steeplechase, 33. Rode Queen Mab on January 9, 1882, 209. Run with Pytchley, 21. Runs with harriers, 106. Struggle with George Codling for brush, 150. Wins House of Commons Steeplechase 1891, 39. Aylmer, E., hunting with Drag, 20. Aylmer, Percy, at meet at Lords Bridge, 10. Aylmer, P., hunting with Drag, 20. B. BACHELOR described by Whyte-Melville, 82. Badger-- Baiting illegal, 235. Digging, 250; not cruel, 244. Disposition of, 235. Habits and uses, 237. Hunting, at night, 251. Hunting, objections to, 243. Protection desirable for, 254. Qualities, 254. Scarcity of, 246. Threatened with extinction, 242. Badger dog, qualities necessary for, 248. Bajazet, 219; pedigree, 227. Ballad, “Lord Lonsdale’s Hounds,” 146. Barker winning drag, 28. Barnard, hunting with Drag, 20. Barton Drag, 15. Barton White Horses, 26. Baysdale Abbey, run by, 217. Beagles for hare-hunting, 121. Beagles, Honeywood’s pack, 123. “Beasts of venery,” list of, 113.