We need only wrap the birds which we wish to preserve--Thrushes, Partridges, Snipe and so on--in separate paper envelopes; and the same with our beef and mutton.
This defensive armour alone, while leaving ample room for the air to circulate, makes any invasion by the worms impossible; even without a cover or a meat-safe: not that paper possesses any special preservative virtues, but solely because it forms an impenetrable barrier.

The Bluebottle carefully refrains from laying her eggs upon it and the Flesh-fly from bringing forth her offspring, both of them knowing that their new-born young are incapable of piercing the obstacle.
Paper is equally successful in our strife against the Moths, those plagues of our furs and clothes.

To keep away these wholesale ravagers, people generally use camphor, naphthalene, tobacco, bunches of lavender, and other strong-scented remedies.

Without wishing to malign those preservatives, we are bound to admit that the means employed are none too effective.

The smell does very little to prevent the havoc of the Moths.
I would therefore advise our housewives, instead of all this chemist's stuff, to use newspapers of a suitable shape and size.