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zinc cone-shaped top to the aperture of the tin, 

 the nozzle of which admits a cork. A quantity 

 of gentles, say those left after a day's fishing, are 

 thrown into the tin with some bran, to be kept 

 in a dark place. In about ten days the gentles 

 will develop into blowflies. When these are 

 required for use, the neck of the pocket-bottle is 



1. Perforated zinc 3. How the ar- 

 pocket fly-bottle. rangement works. 



2. Perforated zinc 

 top to fit into aper- 

 ture of sweet-tin. It 



is removable. 



Fig. 10. Mr. Distin's arrangement for getting blowflies. 



placed over the top of the nozzle, and the arrange- 

 ment brought into the light, the tin is shaken, 



