214 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vou VII, 1g12.] 
near Kansat (Maldah) and in the Gumani River (Murshidabad). 
It grows to one foot in length. No specimen was secured but there 
can be little doubt that the identification is correct. 
The Santals, the great patrons of tortoise-consumption, 
recognize only two kinds. One is called Leva, under which name 
falls Kattha, Keora, Sim and Abhua of the Gondris and the 
other Hurum, under which Santali name fall the Dhoor, Sal, 
Goiva, Panchuria and Chapaut of the catchers. Thus the distinc- 
tion made by the Santals is a general one, whereas those of the 
catchers are evidently specific. It may be remarked here that the 
name Hurum is not applied to any of the soft species of water- 
tortoises in the Santali language. 
The following fishing tribes were found catching tortoises 
in the bed of the Ganges near Rajmahal:—The Binds and Banpars 
catch them by bansis (hook and line), the Teors harpoon them, 
but the Gondris make a speciality of catching them in nets 
manufactured for the purpose. Tortoises, great and small, are 
often caught in the Bara jal along with all kinds of fish, but this 
is an accident and tortoises so caught are often thrown back into 
the river, as the Malas and Myfarases do not take any interest 
in them. It is forbidden to the latter people to eat them, 
while the former consider them unclean. 
B. L. CHAUDHURE. 
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