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FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



which is attached the end of a ball of lacing 

 twine. As the ferret goes through the duct he 

 pulls the lacing twine after him and when he 

 reaches the other end we have a string through 

 the section of duct, by means of which we pull a 

 small wire through and with this wire the pull- 



CATCHING RAT AND FERRET IN 

 DOUBLE CAGE, AFTER THE 

 LACING TWINE HAS BEEN 

 DRAGGED THROUGH THE 

 DUCT. 



ing-in rope is drawn through the duct. The 

 pulling-in rope may be either one and one- 

 quarter inch manila or a five-eighths inch flex- 

 ible wire. 



^'We also keep the ferrets well fed until 

 within about twenty-four hours before they are 

 used, as the tendency of a ferret is to do better 

 work when he is hungry.'' 



