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receptacle containing brine and allowed to soak for about 12 hours 

 and sun-dried. 



Proportio7i of salt — 



Large fish I : 13 to I : 7 



Dryage — 



Large fish 29 to 56 per cent. 



SRIRANGAPURAM, GANGAVARAM, JALLARIPETA AND 



PUDIMADAKA. 



Salt is applied to the fish after they are gutted and cleaned and 

 they are then packed in tubs. They are afterwards dried. Small 

 fish are brined. 



Proportion of salt — 



Large fish ••• I : 8 to I : 5 



Small „ ... I : 13 to I :7 



Dryage— 



Large fish ... ... ... ... ... 29 to 60 per cent. 



POLAVARAM AND RAJIAHPETA. 



Nettalu which is caught in large quantities is dried in the sun 

 for a day by spreading them on sand. Other kinds of fish are 

 cured as follows. The scales and the entrails, etc., are removed. 

 Fish is then thrown into a pot containing powdered salt mixed with 

 a small quantity of sea water and allowed to stand for 24 hours and 

 then sun-dried. 



Proportion of salt — 



Large fish ... I : 8 to I : 7 



Small ,, ... ... I : 10 to I : 8 . 



Dryage — 



Large fish .. ... .... ... 25 to 50 per cent. 



PENTAKOTA. 



Big fish are gutted and cleaned and powdered salt is applied to 

 them and after a day are sun-dried. Small fish is simply thrown 

 into strong brine and sun-dried after about 16 to 24 hours. 



Proportion of salt — 



Large fish ... ... ... ... ... 1:7 



Small „ ... 1:8 



Dryage — 



Large fish ... ... 30 to 50 per cent. 



KONAPAPAPETA, UPPADA, CORINGA AND GODARIGUNTA. 



The curers remove the scales of the fish and gut them in their 

 houses prior to bringing them to the yard. The fish is then placed 

 inthe curing tubs in layers of 4 to 6 inches thick with some salt 

 laid over them, then another layer of fish is placed and more salt 

 and so on up to the required height in the curing tub. Over the 

 fish thus packed some sea water is poured. The fish soak in 

 brine throughout the evening and the night, and the next morning 

 they are removed from tubs and laid out on the ground each fish 



