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. -- - Pam Greene Ferret Central <http://www.optics.rochester.edu:8080/users/pgreene/> [Posted in FML issue 1473]