EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. 



Intha fish-traps and baskets. 



Fig. 1. — Shallow bamboo basket used in catching small fish and prawns 

 among floating plants at the edge of the Inle Lake and 

 elsewhere in the district, X ^. 



,, 2. — Rough bamboo basket filled with peat, weeds and stones and 

 sunk in the central part of the lake to catch various kinds 

 offish, X |. 



„ 3. — Trap for Barbus stedmanensis. The two halves can be separ- 

 ated to take out the fish, x J. 



5, 4. — Trap with two compartments to catch OiihiocephaJus striatum. 

 X 1 



