3 20 Rod and Tackle. CHAP. xx. 



such a box very convenient for keeping your tackle in, and for trans- 



porting it on your trips to the fishing grounds, occasions on which you 

 will sometimes find a good lock an advantage. 



Tackle Box. I have found a tackle box a most convenient thing, 

 especially for a busy man. When you start for a fishing trip nothing has 

 to be hurriedly looked up at the last moment, nothing is liable to be left 

 behind, as everything is in its place. Mine has for unit a tin box, 

 of which the outside measurements are 9 x 4! X 2 inches deep. This 

 makes two boxes of 9 X 4! X i inch, with a common bottom at one 

 inch deep, and a hinged lid each. These boxes are again subdivided 

 according to convenience, one division crosswise making a convenient 

 size for collars and traces, smaller divisions into six and eight being- 

 suitable for hooks, swivels, and spoons. Each tin box has a folding 

 tongue of wire by which it is taken in and out of a wooden box, which 

 just holds six of them standing endwise, with their label of contents 

 upwards. One tin is always marked " Sick and Wounded," into which 

 goes promptly any tackle that is the worse for a fight and needs repair. 

 Then you know that all your other tackle is in good fighting condition, 

 and you know where to put your hand at once on what needs repair, 

 and time and disappointment are saved both ways, when time is 

 precious. A certain Commander-in-Chief, examining my tackle, was 

 much tickled with this scrupulous care for the "sick and wounded." 

 The wooden box that holds the tin boxes is made of | inch teak 

 planking, strong enough to stand any amount of knocking about, and 

 to make a good dry seat when bottom fishing for Labeo. This box 

 is never risked in a basket boat it is too precious. But any one 

 of the tins, containing a day's requisites, goes into a pocket when of! 

 terra fir ma. A good lock and key complete the box. I have two 

 such boxes. 



In India, one commonly makes up a party for distant fishing and 

 shooting, and several rods are apt to get thrown together in a corner 

 of the tent, and when coming from the same makers, and ordered after 



