It is as well that the wonders of entomology should sometimes give us a hint of commonplace utility.
The usual meat-safe is a sort of large cage with a top and bottom of wood and four wire-gauze sides.

Hooks fixed into the top are used whereby to hang pieces which we wish to protect from the Flies.

Often, so as to employ the space to the best advantage, these pieces are simply laid on the floor of the cage.

With these arrangements, are we sure of warding off the Fly and her vermin?
Not at all.

We may protect ourselves against the Bluebottle, who is not much inclined to lay her eggs at a distance from the meat; but there is still the Flesh-fly, who is more venturesome and goes more briskly to work and who will slip the grubs through a hole in the meshes and drop them inside the safe.