He prefers the fitchew ferret as he calls it; that is the sort that are coloured like a polecat.

He says they are fiercer, larger of make and more powerful.

But he has also a couple of white ones with pink eyes.

Besides the sack of nets, the bag of ferrets, and a small bundle in a knotted handkerchief--his 'nuncheon'-- which in themselves make a tolerable load, he has brought a billhook, and a 'navigator,' or draining-tool.
This is a narrow spade of specially stout make; the blade is hollow and resembles an exaggerated gouge, and the advantage is that in digging out a rabbit the tool is very apt to catch under a root, when an ordinary spade may bend and become useless.

The 'navigator' will stand anything, and being narrow is also more handy.