There were several people who asked for this and unfortuneately, I accidently earased some of those people. I apologise for the length but here it is. -Stephen Biesty's Castle (crossection) is a picture book by Scholastic Books published in 1994. Any book or educational book store would be able to order this for you. It shows on (my book at least) page 23 a picture of a ferret kennel. It is a tiny picture and all it says is "Ferret Kennel". I thought there was more to it than that, since it has been a while since I last read it. But at least it shows how one was set up. -"Ferrets: A Complete Owner's Manual" by Chuck and Fox Morton published by Barron's is good as well. Page 61 Quotes: "Ferrets were first domesticated by the Egyptians in 3000BC Most historians belive that the Crusaders from the 10th century to the 12 century introduced the working ferret to Europe." ... "Ferrets have been in the United States for over 300 years. They were used in the 1800's as rodent control. The "ferret master" would come with his ferrets and to a farm or grainery and set his ferrets loose..." -On page 63 "There are no wild ferret colonies anywhere in the world." This is regarding the misconeption that if left in the wild they will breed like rabbits. They will not since most ferrets have no hunting instinct left in them although some do but this will not insure their surival in the wild. -Also another good book is "The Complete Book of Ferrets" by Val Porter and Nicholas Brown Pelham Books and Stephen Green Press This wonderful book shows a tapestry from 1325 showing women ferreting (hunting rabbits) (page 8) "...After the Norman Conquest there are definite written and pictoral records of ferrets in Britain" They mention that historians have debated over weather or not the Romans brought them to Britain when they conquered that country, but they say with *very* much certainty that they were there after the Norman Conquest (1066 AD) -Queen Elizabeth the First had a pet ferret:) On page 11 they show a painting of Queen Elizabeth I with a white ferret at her side as she reaches to pet it. IMO, The Val Porter book and the Chuck and Fox Morton books are the best to buy and quote from. Also if you want to there is a medieval listserv that could provide you with ferrets in history resources. It is worth it to sub for 1 or 2 weeks in digest form and allow them to answer your questions. Send this command to [log in to unmask] list global/medieval pick the one listed "mediev-l" in the left hand column. and send this command back to [log in to unmask] *NOT* the listserv@listserv one although you may try it. (it did not work for me that last time with that address. I am no longer on that list.) You will have to reply to a confirmation request message which is no big deal. Then you can set your mail to digest. I assure you, they will provide you with valuable resources for Ferret History. I hope that Helps:) There are 2 other books out there which have given the same info I just quoted. If you want the two other titles mail me again and I will give them to you. I highly reccomend all on this list. *********************************************************** Selena Simonetti and "?" [log in to unmask] "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."--ASH (Bruce Campbell, "Army of Darkness") [Moderator's note: It's a great idea, Selena, but I don't see any such list at psuvm. The list might have moved elsewhere. BIG] [Posted in FML issue 1417]