There were still two ferrets in--one that was suspected to be gorging on a rabbit in a _cul de sac_, and the other lined, and which had gone to join that sanguinary feast.

The use of the line was to trace where the loose ferret lay.

'Chuck I the show'l, measter,' said Little John.
I gave the 'navigator' tool a heave over the hedge; it fell and stuck upright in the sward.

Orion handed it to him.

He first filled up the hole from which a rabbit had just bolted with a couple of 'spits,' _i.e._ spadefuls, and then began to dig on the top of the mound.
This digging was very tedious.