 ... from a rabbit better than his wife can. " In buying a ferret for work, get one from nine to fifteen months old, as young ferrets I find usually have more courage and dash than an old one. They have not been so often punished, and therefore do not...  Studies in the Art of Rat-catching - Page 12by Henry C. Barkley - 1896 - 185 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mark Hovell - Rats - 1924 - 520 pages
...not been so often punished, and therefore do not think discretion the better part of valour. However, this will not be found to be an invariable rule. I...beasts had] better be parted with, for a bad, slow, or cowardy ferret is vexation of spirit and not profitable. " If I am buying brown ferrets I always pick... | |
 | Brian J. Coman - Australian essays - 2007 - 188 pages
...warrener and knew the game backwards. His earthy wisdom is marvellous. Of cowardly ferrets he says, 'such beasts had better be parted with, for a bad,...ferret is vexation of spirit and not profitable'. On the training of wild or savage ferrets - 'Little brothers and sisters will be found useful at this.'... | |
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