CHAP. XX. 



Bait Cans. 



307 



mouth to prevent the bait jumping out, and punch small holes round 

 the neck of it with a nail ; in doing so use caution to prevent breakage. 

 When fishing, keep it well under water in the river, having first poured 

 out all the old water. Your bait will keep alive the longer for thus 

 having fresh water. Do not bore holes lower than the neck, or you 

 will have no water in your earthen pot, when carrying it from place to 

 place. This is as good a bait kettle as you can desire, and is to be 

 had for between one and three pies, say, at the very outside, for the 

 vast sum of two farthings. If your bait are Ophiocephahis gachua, less 

 care is necessary about the changing of the water, but more that they 

 are not suffocated by being cut off from the air ; for them the earthen 

 pot must be left out of water, not immersed, and the cloth kept carefully 

 over the mouth, for they jump out more than any fish. 



Still the luxurious and affluent angler may like to know what are the 

 appliances sold for this purpose, and as it is not so easy for him to get 

 an illustrated price list out in India, or to walk into a tackle-shop and 

 have a look round, I must e'en be his fidus Achates, and spare the space 

 for these illustrations, given me for his benefit, as you will have seen in 

 the preface. And for his better information I may as well copy as it 

 stands Farlow's descriptions and sizes and prices, so that he may be 

 able to judge for himself of the several advantages and cost of the 

 different sorts and sizes of bait cans. 



ZINC BAIT CANS. 



Outer Can. 



Long. 



inches 



Wide. 

 5 inches 



7 



8 



9 



Inner Can. 

 (Perforated.} 



Deep. 



5^ inches 

 7 



Each. 



5* 



7/. 



8s. 6 

 icx. 



X 2 



