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nurma. Sometimes a line of men work a shallow })ioco of 

 water with them, and then they become rather destructive : 

 liowcver, eels and Avalkiug-fish {OphiocephalidcB) are the sorts 

 most commonly captured thus. The triangular lave-net 

 .ulverted to in the last paragraph is often made of split 

 l)anil)oo ; it is used extensively for the purpose of capturing 

 brccdiug-fish passing into irrigated fields as observed upon in 

 Kurnal (p. xcvii). In Burma, rattan or bamboo nets termed 

 Oj/an (p. cxcix) have each piece fixed to its neighbour by grass 

 or fibre in the j^lace of string, the interstices being of various 

 sizes from -,Vth of an inch to 1 inch. Yindoons arc a species 

 of lavc-net made of closely-woven split bamboos, and alfixed 

 to a long pole ; it is employed to clear out all small water- 

 courses of the fry of fish ; it is pushed along them, and raised 

 every now and then. In some places fixed weirs are placed 

 in a piece of water, and one of the gyans is gradually 

 dragged up to the standing weir. 



LXXI. What is the ininimvin size of the meshes of 

 The smniiesfc size of Uio mcsii iiets in general use in India and 

 of nets which is employed. Burma (cxcluding Siud), where no 



regidations exist declaring Avhat such should bo ? I here 

 append the answers received from native officials ; 9 1 refer 

 to inches : — 



Irrespective of the foregoing 91, answers liaA^c also 

 been received from 70 more, and they compare the minimum 

 size as follows : — 



Size of fin|icr or Uiumh ... ... 



„ ^ ring fiiisov ••■ 

 Aa big as a broomstick 

 Size of g a rupee 

 „ 4-anna bit 

 „ i of an anna ... 

 „ 2-aniia bit 

 „ a pie ... 



Size of a grain of wheat, ninlbi, nmcca, gr.ani, dboll, lamp-oil 

 seed, barley, tamarind seed, or a small pea, prppcr- 

 corn, large needle, bodhlii, (niill, coarse muslin, en- 

 snare an anl, or haully aio'lhing can pass 



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