62 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
his baits on one side or his fish on the other, and getting 
wet through between them. The strap passes through 
the rings at the back, and over the shoulder. 
To preserve baits alive for any length of time, they 
should be placed in some shady spot (in a running 
stream if possible), in a box not less than 3 feet square, 
with large gratings in several different places, and 
especially at both ends. The box, of which a portion 
ought properly to be out of water, should be kept clean 
‘and well scoured from slime and rubbish; and food, in 
the form of worms, gentles, or chopped liver, should be 
scattered into it every day or two. Dead baits should 
be removed from the box as soon as discovered. 
DISGORGERS. 
A disgorger is one of the most desirable, though not 
perhaps absolutely essential, items of a fisherman’s 
equipment.. In fly-fishing the use of a disgorger pro- 
longs the life of the fly, and in every description of fishing 
shortens the time wasted in extracting the hooks, and 
saves the fingers. The most convenient way of carrying 
the disgorger is to suspend it by a short link from one 
of the breast buttons of the coat. In Pike-fishing espe- 
cially, a disgorger is a sie gud non, and the longer it is. 
the better. The ordinary disgorger is too short for the 
purpose ; and in consequence of the inconvenience ex- 
perienced in extracting Pike-hooks with it, I had a 
“ disgorger blade,” if I may so term it—made, of course, 
