FERRETS AND RABBITS. Ill 



color of ferret but the day was one that rabbits 

 bolted easily for there are such days. Rabbits 

 bolt best when the weather is settled. They bolt 

 well when there is a set or heavy frost, also after 

 a fall of snow when it has started to freeze again. 

 Warm, muggy or low heav}^ cloudy days they 

 stick close to the den and it requires much ^'per- 

 severance" from a ferret to get them to bolt-leave 

 the den. 



A good time to hunt rabbits with a ferret is 

 therefore a bright, cold, crisp day or one just 

 after a snow. Tlie latter offers an extra induce- 

 ment, to the party who does not own a dog, for 

 the tracks will reveal most likely dens. 



