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depth, of at least five cubits of water, in the dry season." [ See similar 

 propositions in Dharwai*, p. lii, and South Canara, p. xcii, where 

 even a, precedent will be found, although the originator was a native ruler.] 

 The fishermen of Noakhally are said not to be very expert in their 

 calling-. The Collector of Chittagong observes — fish, both fresh and dried, is 

 largely used by all classes of the population with the exception of a 

 few Hindu religious mendicants (Boiragis). Fish is often dried; hilsa is 

 salted ; none is exported except sharks' fins to Rangoon. Dried fish is 

 imported from Sylhet and Dacca. To the north fish are reared in tanks — 

 not so to the south. No special measures of conservation are considered 

 necessary. 



