Paula Pilgrim asked:
>Pardon my ignorance, but *what* is a Fitch???
 
As usually used, it means a cross between a polecat and a domestic
ferret.  It can sometimes also mean a relatively tame polecat, or a
ferret which hasn't been accustomed to humans and is used only for
hunting, but both of those are much less common meanings.
 
Linda Doran wrote:
>A colleague originally from England once gave me a magazine article,
>which I did not keep, about [ferretlegging].
 
Thanks.  It was Harper's, November 1992.  I'm also looking for more direct
sources, perhaps someone who's seen it (is it still practiced?) or an old
book.
 
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- Pam Greene
Ferret Central <http://www.optics.rochester.edu:8080/users/pgreene/>
[Posted in FML issue 1473]