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Then with a sling strap fastened 

 to the ends of the box and a 

 couple of small hooks on the front 

 for holding down the cover, the 

 job was complete. This box holds 

 a surprising lot of tackle, protects 

 it nicely and carries very well 

 with the strap slung over one 

 shoulder and the box resting 

 under the opposite arm. It is 

 light, does its duty and costs al- 

 most nothing. 



A LIVE BAIT CARRIER 



BY HENRY D. HOLLEY 

 Anyone who has ever engaged 

 in the lively sport of bass fishing 

 realizes how necessary is a variety 

 of bait. With this necessity, how- 

 ever, there arises the question of 

 transportation. While on my va- 

 cation last year I determined to 

 overcome this need and having 

 combined my efforts with those of 

 an old timer, I turned out a ser- 

 viceable carrier. It is about 18 in. 

 long and 12 in. wide and stands 

 about 12 in. high. The top, bot- 

 tom and all partitions are made of 

 Y^ or ^g-in. stock and the sides 

 being enclosed with screening 

 makes the box very light and 

 portable. 



There are two layers with four 

 sections on a layer, which I filled 

 as follows : In the top section I 

 put grasshoppers, crickets, katy- 

 dids and dobsons, and in the lower 

 spaces I put sandtoads, striped 

 frogs, green frogs and tree-toads. 

 As I have said, the ceiling and 

 floor of each compartment is made 

 of wood and two of the four walls 



are also, but the other two are en- 

 closed by screening so as to admit 

 air to the bait. 



At the top of each section there 

 is a hole large enough to admit a 

 man's closed hand. A piece of tin 

 (A diag.) covers this hole and 

 overlaps it about one-half inch all 

 around. This tin is secured at 

 (A) by a screw, upon which it 

 pivots. To close the cover you 

 snap the tin, which has a small 

 hole opposite A over the eyelet at 

 B, and then push the hook C 

 through the eye B. D is a small 

 knob such as comes on the top of 

 a teapot, riveted through the tin. 

 Then the end is filed off on the 



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underside so as not to interfere 

 with sliding of the tin shutter. 

 Four shutters similar to the one 

 just described are fastened on the 

 top of the box to admit to the 



