404 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



ferrets. Tell off a boy, or one of your men, 

 to attend to. the ferrets, giving him strict 

 instructions not to go near the dogs on any 

 account. Remove the ferrets and hutch 

 them in the woods, as far away from the 

 dogs as possible, or you will be sure to lose 

 them all. There is absolutely no cure for 

 distemper in ferrets or, if there is, I should 

 be glad to hear of it. 



Young ferrets are very liable to a disease 

 called " Sweats." To cure this you should 

 wash them with soft soap and warm water, 

 afterwards putting them out in the sun to roll 

 about and dry themselves ; also, every day for 

 a short time, give them clean fresh straw in 

 their hutch. 



A ferret that hunts wildly, or is a bad one 

 to catch or handle, should be hunted with a 

 small piece of string round its neck. The 

 string should be about fifteen or eighteen 

 inches long, a large knot being tied at the end 

 in order to prevent him from slipping through 

 the hand. Such a small length of string will 

 not stop the ferret from hunting, or be any 



