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5. — Tsanda-glay, similar, but smaller., and built in the narrow part 

 of the river, worked by four men : \ of an inch between the 

 bamboos. 



6. — Hmi/oon and Khaya. The first is a cylindrical bamboo basket, 

 from 3 to 6 feet in length, and from 1 to 2 feet in diameter, 

 with a trap-door at both ends, in which fish are caught ; it 

 is used in the streams. The latter is a long cone-shaped 

 basket, held under water in a strong tide ; the fish gets in 

 and is jammed at the sharp ends ; when the tide recedes the 

 basket is pulled up by means of a rope : §ths of an inch 

 between each piece of bamboo. 



7. — Htsaij is the same as tsanda, but constructed in tidal streams. 



8. — Kwoon, a casting-net. 



9. — Tsoung, a conical basket, open at both ends ; the lower one is 

 put down over fish in shallow water, and the fisherman 

 removes the game from above : £ of an inch between the 

 bamboos. 



392. From the Shivegyen District, one native official reports that 



_ . , . most of the fishermen engage in other occu- 

 Opinion of native official of ,-, ■, i i L i> n r j 



Shw^ven. pations : the local markets are lully supplied ; 



the price has not risen, " but there seems to 

 be a general impression that fish are decreasing. This is what the fish- 

 ermen say ; there is no means of testing it." Numbers of small bright 

 silvery fish, termed " Shoay-hmong," or gold-dust fish, are found, after 

 the first week's rains, ascending some of the rivers in prodigious shoals. 

 They swim close to the banks, avoiding the deep water and current, and 

 are caught in great quantities by women and children with pieces of 

 mosquito netting or cloth. These have all the characters, to the casual 

 observer, of fish-fry, but the Burmese say they grow no larger. The 

 smallest sized mesh of nets is ^ an inch and a £ of an inch between 

 bamboos, or even less. Fish are taken in the inundated fields. The 

 names of fishing implements are given. 



393. .Replies from the Mergui District have been given by four 



Thoogyees and Myo-ohes, but as their answers 

 Replies from Mergui. refer to the sea fisheries, they will be included 



in that report. 



