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dr. ' . .>: Q] - . \ w &tt] 1 pl^ U wi w ork in 



y shell ared - - the Qui! of Mannar 

 w ::':-. as] E Ka lugal Point, 



A- . - rtban should prove most favour- 



abl w >■ lian Railway Company has a 



is ..: Mai lapam; .. h centre of Madura 



is n \ ~. w bile if the 9 2 J a.m. 



am Ma be fish pan be delivered at 



IV \ -.: I ,ori - sent by the 1- 15 



r.M. •.-. . m Ma reach Madura at 8 5 r n.. 



rrichinopoly junction at "< 5 \.m. and Danjore at 1-55 \.m. 

 v. ith ■. .. - es of - guaranteed by the work of 



sea-g< - its, distribution should 



be highly ; th to the enter] - g middleman and to 



. Company, Liegulai supplies, . enterprise, a 

 sideral 



23, fi ■■ -This port, a strc ghold of sea-faring 



Lubbais, is well s Ibvs L*al islands which lie some five 



s - awai 1 and . as a i atural brea nvater, Sailing vessels 



ol air s ■' ancl town ii sa et} tl b whole year 



1*. may be const a fully satisfactory haven for 



its - Iraft, the great drawback being la k 



. Kaninad and the railway. 



Indeed the last th fa Kilakarai man is land 



• sit ; shut V. bv i "... - of roads from tho neighbouring 



.and towns, ho nevei thinks of going anywhere except bv 



\\c h . si - splashing and diving in the shallows 



an luates through tho i hank fishery to the proud day whoa 



his father i us manhood by taking him as a follow 



diver to a pearl fishery, But pearl fisheries unfortunately are 



not annua'. - :ntions. and during the intervals the divers of 



Kilakarai divide their time ' tween ehank diving and sea 



g . ■'■ g, » ehanks fished bv these men lie either in Pa lie 



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Hay or to the north and north-oast of the Jaffna Peninsula, A 

 ■ resort f shing during the south-west monsoon 



is the neighbourhood of I'hanishkodi at the oast end ^i 

 Ram&waram island, so that what with the Ceylon pearl fishery, 

 the Jaffna ehank fishery, and seining on the Rdme'svi iram 

 coast, tho Kilakarai fisl k may justly lav claim to be 



considered the most enterprising fishermen in the Presidency, 

 A ug thorn are numerous wealthy men of influence— the 



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chi . arl oyster mercbunl .. pearl fishery usually hails from 

 here, the present lessee of the Ramnad Chank fishery is one o\ 

 thorn; th y are - : . - folk, given perhaps to an over- 



fondness for the stai pagoda but the more useful on that 

 account it they can be persuaded of the value of deep-sea 



