( 11 ) 



and tliis is said not to be " waste" because they arc 

 eaten ! 



XXII. On the Ilimalayas grain is, in places at least, 

 Mills wmkci i.y wntor-iiowci-: groiuul in miUs movcd by Avater-poAver 



sniaii lish .UbUoyea iiieio. (para. 33), Avhich is cirectcd by 



constructing small canals, into which the Avater of streams is 

 diverted as in irrigation works. Into these canals, termed 

 kools, numbers of fry and even large fishes find their Avay, 

 as there are no obstructions at the mouths of these kools to 

 prevent their entrance. The mill-owner cuts olT the water a( 

 his pleasure, and all the contained lisli are left dry. 



Tanks usEruL as FisnEiiiES. 



XXIII. Of tanks (see para. XI), there arc those 

 , „, . which arc ahvays in connection Avilli 



Tuulis useful as fisheries. , . '' , . , 



such running Avater as rivers and 

 works of irrigation ; or those in which this communication 

 only exists during the monsoon time : Avhilst others are 

 entirely unconnected. First, there are those Avhich are always 

 in connection Avilh running Avater, whix;h are generally useful 

 as breeding-places for the non-migratory forms of fishes, and 

 merely require a little care to be taken as to hoAV they arc 

 Avorked, in order to render them exceedingly valuable as 

 fisheries. The second sort of tanks, or those in Avhich com- 

 munication Avith running Avater only exists during the 

 monsoon time, are of two distinct forms : in the first, they 

 always, or nearly always, contain Avatcr, Avhilst in the second, 

 they are dry, or almost so, cxce})t during the rains. Eish 

 obtain access to both these forms of tanks during the mon- 

 soons and breed there ; but in the last, so soon as all commu- 

 nication Avith the running Avater has ceased, they become 

 practically isolated, and unless they happen to be of such va- 

 rieties as bury themselves in the mud (para. XLIV) during 

 the dry months of the year, they must die, Avhcther captured 

 by man, killed by the lower animals, or destroyed by the sun 

 as the Avater evaporates. Lastly, avc have those tanks Avhich 

 are always unconnected Avith large pieces of running Avater, 

 frequently due to their being situated upon, an clcA'ated 

 portion of the country, and these are generally stocked Avith 

 fish by the owners. 



XXIV. In large y//i7s, where the screw pine, Tandanns 

 ,,.,, . „ ,, ,. 1, odoratisshnns, or many weeds as the 



Jliils ; now naturally (lie tisli ... *' , . 



in iiicin imiy bo i)ioicciea Croui lotus or valisucria, covcr tlicir surfaces 

 ""'■'''"'''• and extend tliemselvcs through their 



depths, or where grasses spring from their beds, or the roots 



