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fisliiiig. Tlio cliic'l' (iinfi for c:i(i;liinj>- lisli is wlicn Llie w;iler iu (lie tniilid 

 is very low, .ami the labourers have lioon alloweel to eapliire tlicni in com- 

 nuiisatiou for llicir perl'orming' kiulimaramut ; whilst by fisliing, the water 

 in the tanks bocoiiies (iUhy and nnlit for use. With the exce]jtion of 

 JJrahrains and Konmties all castes are said to eat fish. In the tulookas of 

 Nellur, Onyole, Kanduknr, Atniaknr, Udayagiri, and (jndiir, fresh lish 

 is preferred to the salted ; both arc indiseriniinately used in Kanij^iri 

 llapiuHi, and Kavali. In all the iidand markets the bazars are iusulli- 

 ciently supplied, the amount of wliich iu the fresh waters is said to have 

 considerably decreased. The minimum size of the mesh of nets given 

 is one-foui'th of an inch. Fish are generally captured by means of nets, 

 (Ish-hooks, wire or baskets called ' Kodama,' fishing' baskets termed 

 ' Uta,' and sometimes by breaking a fruit culled 'Mangakaya', which 

 thrown into the water poisons them. Sjicaring- is also resorted to. In 

 three talookas tanks are reported to be sometimes emptied to obtain the 

 fish. 



I7G. In the Bcllary Collectoraie , the telt&ildars reply, generally 



that the Boya are the fishing caste, but they 

 Opiuionsof Nutivo omcialsiii i,;ive also other trades. The great majority, 

 the Bclhuy Culloctoiiito. m n ,■ ' V J 



01 the people, witli the excei)tion ol tlnj 



Brahmins and Komaties, eat fish, the demand for which in the markets 

 is always greater than the supply. Tiaps are reported as \ised. 



177. I'rom the Tanjur CuUeclorale no 

 Ti.njurColluctoratcnoiinswers. answers to the questions for Tehsildars have 



been forwarded. 

 178. In the Trichinopoli/ Colleciorate fiva Tehsilthirs answer, the 

 Mavilliars, Valayers, Abulkars, and Lubbays, 

 Opii.ions of Native officbls iu 1^^.^; j^g being fishermen, more especially when 



the water n\ tlie reservoirs are low, are also 

 employed as agricultuiists and palancpiin-bearers. The Sembuders, 

 about 30 in nimiber, in one talookas are stated to be exclusively fishermen. 

 All the j)eople, except Brahmins and the followers of Siva, eat fish ; the 

 number in four talookas who do so is estimated at 557,(382, and the fifth, 

 15-lOths of the population. In two, fish is indiscriminately eaten, whether 

 fresh or salted; in two, the fresh is preferred; in the remaining one the 

 salted article. In three the markets are stated to be insufiicienlly sup- 

 l)lied. The amount in the fresli waters has decreased in four districts, 

 and increased in one. The minimum size of the mesh of the nets em- 

 iiloyed is given as a grain of dholl in one, half an inch in another talooka. 

 Basket traps are used for taking fish, also baited pots. Poisoning the 

 water by means of the milk hedge is reported as obtaining iu three of 

 the talookas, but is not resorted to in the other two. 



179. From the Cudclapah Collectoraie no 

 Cudaai,«li Collcctorate, uo ji^g^v^.g to the questions for Tehsildars have 



been rorwardecl. 

 180. In the Kurnal CuUeclorale seven IcJisililars report that Bestas, 

 Boyas, Telugus, most of the low caste 

 Opinions of Native omaals ill Hildas and Mussulmen fish, but they also 



tlie Kurnul CoMcctoi-utu. . , . -1,1 11 



have otnei' occupations, as agricultural labour- 

 ers, palanquin-bearers, &c. All the people, except Brahmins, Visyas, 

 Komaties, Linga Balijas, blacksuiiths, cariienters, and a few others, are 



