THE FERRET IN BELGIUM, EUROPE. 153 



holes and you might as veil pack your traps, for 

 that will be all that you will get. 



We traveled through a timber and found a 

 den of only two holes. No tracks could be seen, 

 but on close examination we found that the snow 

 around one of the holes was melting, so we con- 

 cluded that they might contain something We 

 hardly thouglit that it could be a rabbit and hesi- 

 tated to put the ferret in. We feared that there 

 was a mink in the hole, but as it was a short one 

 we concluded that we could lielp the ferret out 

 of the scrap should it happen to be one. I placed 

 the ferret at one of the holes while pard held his 

 hands oyer the other one. I had barely let loose 

 of the ferret when out sliot a rabbit, pard nearly 

 letting it get away. It was so sudden that he 

 was not ready for sucli a liyely performance. By 

 this time we had twelve rabbits, so we loaded up 

 and made a bee line for home. We felt that we 

 could eat a half dozen of them as soon as we got 

 them cooked. We saw a couple of other places 

 where ferrets had been, so paced right on, arriv- 

 ing home at 3 p. m. 

 ^ Jules Burton. 



