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with sheets ; these last are spread out aud sunk in the water and raiaed 

 when filled with fish. Tlie smallest mesh of the nets is ^ of an inch 

 between the knots. Fish are trap))ed in the irrigated fields ahmg- the 

 banks of rivers, during" the rains. T/ie Tehsildar of Uaripur observes, 

 that zemindars and others fish when not otherwise occupied ; the markets 

 are not fully supplied, more fish could bo sold. A small proportion 

 of the people eat fish, the supply of which has slightly decreased. 

 Immature ones are not caught in the rains, the smallest mesh being 1 inch 

 between each knot of the meshes. Fish are not tra])ped in the irrigat- 

 ed fields ; some are speared by torch-light. T/ie Tehsildar of I>iausera 

 reports, that there are fOO fishermen, but they follow other occupations; 

 the markets are not fidly supplied ; more fish could bo sold ; the majority 

 of the peoi)le eat it, but more as a luxury than a staple of food. 1'lie 

 supply has decreased of late years. During the rains quantities of the 

 immature arc taken, but breeding fish are not trapped in the irrigated 

 fields. The Tehaildar of Kohdl states, that only a few Kaliars of the 

 regiments in garrison occasionally net fish, and boatmen on the Indus 

 capture tiome with hooks aui' lines. The consumption of fish is small, 

 and confined to the cit)' and cantonments, a very few of the general 

 population being fish-eaters. 



35. In the Jldwal Findi district, the five Teksildars report as fol- 

 lows :— In Riiwal Pindi there are 30 fislier- 

 mwal Fmdi Division.- Ai,. j,j ^^^„^j. og ;„ 0,,;^,. Khun 0, in Fathi 



BwerB of lehsildais of Kuwal ' . t.^^-, ■^,, n , /.n 



Pindi, Attuck. Qujer KUau, F.atlii Jang 4, in Muui 1, all ot whom folloW 



Jang, Muni, Jhihmi.Piud Uidau other occupatious. All the Kahars, the 

 Khan, Cl.akwal, Tal.gang. Ouj- Machi, and Bhuttiara castcs fish, and the 



rat, Kliarim, iiuu baliem. -. ' i nr ii j ii tit i 



Jliewurs anil Mullas amongst tlie Maliome- 

 dans. The supply is insufficient or absent in four tehsils, and sufficient 

 ill one. In llawal Pindi 75 per cent, of the j)opulation eat fish, in 

 Attock (being Mahomedans) nearly the whole, the same in Gujer 

 Khdu and Fathi Jang, but only 10 per cent, iu Muni. In Kawal 

 Pindi and Muni the sui)ply is stated to have decreased, in Attock 

 to be stationary, and iu the other two tehsils to have slightly increased. 

 At Mouzali Gungal in RSwal Pindi, fish are said to lie trajiped to a 

 limited extent. In the Jhilam district /yz//' Tehsildars state, that in Jhilam 

 there are 15 fishermen, but in the other three tehsils fishing is merely carried 

 on in addition to other occupations. In Jhilam, only, are the niaikets 

 fully supplied, and there about three-fourths of the population eat fish, 

 the remaining 25 per cent., who are chiefly Brahmins, never do so; iu 

 Piud Dadan Khan \^ (eight-tenth ?, this being the pioportiou of Mahome- 

 daus to Hindus,) catfish. Hindus have an aversion to it. In Cliakwal it 

 is not touched. In Talegang the people iu the vicinty of the Soau river 

 eat fish. In Jhilam fish are said to be increasing ; in Piiid IMdan 

 Khan to have decreased, but to have remained stationary in the two other 

 tehsils. Small ones are said to he taken iu Jhilam during the rains. The 

 minimum size of the meshes of nets vary from 1 inch between the 

 knots in the larger nets, to from | to ^ an incli in the ' cliilwa' nets. 

 Fish are not trapped during the rains in the irrigated fields. In the 

 Giijrat district, tlie three Tehsildars report as follows : in Gujrat there are 

 7 fishermen, in Kharim 2, and in Sahem 1, all of whom follow other 

 occupations. The local markets are not luUy su])plied, more fish could 

 be sold. In Gujrat more than half the people eat fish, in Kharim 



