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Ffiii] <o onf flsli, ilio iinmlior of wlioni in six (alookas is cstimafod at 

 i'3!)0,'i8'J persons; in six fresh lisli arc preferred, in cnc tlic sailed article. 

 Tlie local markets, except that of the town of Kurnal, arc said, by those 

 who have answered this question, to be insufficiently supplied, whilst the 

 amount in the waters is rcporled as stationary by three, and decreased by 

 four. The Tc/isildar of Uamalkoia observes that " after the constnielion 

 of the anient (weir) at Sunkosula, and the opening- of the irrig-ation 

 canal, wages have so greatly risen at and near Kuiiial, and the fishes in 

 the river have so percejitibiy ditniMishcd, thai fishing- has liecoine, more or 

 less, a secondary occupation. Bearing- [lalampiius and working- on the 

 irrigation canal for hire form their chief occupation. 'J'hc fish have 

 imdoubtedly decreased since the construction of the anient in 1801. 

 Their ascent during- the spawning- season is barred by the anient, and 

 they are captured in roe, just below i(, at Kontalnjiad and the villages of 

 the Nizam situaleil on the o|ipositc baidc. It is therefore asserted by all 

 ihe fishermen of whom 1 have cn(piired that the river stock has eonsi- 

 derablv decreased of late years, except, of course, at IContalaimd, where 

 (he fishes are now caught in comjiaratively greater numbers than before, 

 in the Madugus (deep holes) in the river to which thej' return after 

 repeated attempts to get over the anient, and also at the sluices. The 

 Curnum of Kontalapad assures me that in the best fishing season there 

 arc not more than eight or ten men who go out fishing-." Tiie usual size 

 of the mesh of the nets is variously given from that of a grain of dlioll, 

 or Bengal gram, or tamariml seed, or jieppcr corn, or one-ciglitli of an 

 inch to the size of the thumb or larger. Fishing- baskets and wicker 

 traps are stated to be employed. He subsequently suggested that nets 

 and traps ought to have holes large enough for a 2-anna piece to go 

 through (six-tenths of an inch in diameter). The Te/isiidar of Markapur 

 observes that small fish are caught during the rainy season, in the 

 sup]ily channels, and in the calingulahs when the water runs a span dec]i, 

 a conical shaped net, ' Kodimay,' is kept against the current, constructed 

 with small sjilit bamboos, having holes large enough for a l)ig black ant 

 to ])ass through. Its mouth is covered in a similar manner with fine 

 split bamboos inwardly woven, leaving a space to allow the fish enter ; 

 once in, they cannot return. It becomes filled with small fish if kept for 

 about three hours in the water. The size of the smallest mesh of nets 

 is equal to that of a grain of Bengal gram. The ' Udu' or conical 

 basket is employed for capturing- breeding fish as they are seen ascending 

 into irrigated fields. 



181. In the Chinglcpvt Collnrforaie six TcJiffUdira report that in 



some places the fishermen do not follow any 



Opinions of Native omci„l. in „^,„,,. occupation, but, as a rule, they are also 



the CInuglcnut Collectoriile. • ,, ■ , i • i i , 



agricnllurists, ))alanquui-l)earers, hoalmen, 



coolies, and petty traders .and artizans. All the people, excepting Ibah- 

 mins, Komaties, Jains, Sivites, and a few others, cat fish, the nnmlicr.i 

 being eompnfcd at (;'.)1,147 persons; salt or I'resh are indiscriniiti.-itely 

 taken in three, but fresh are preferred in two. The markets in the vici- 

 nity of the sea arc stated to be well supplied, whilst the amount in the 

 fresh-waters is asserted to have decreased in all the talookas. [Since 

 this was written, the Arl'niff Collcclor (April 18th, 1S72) has reported that 

 the Native ollicials assert that the supply of fish remains stationary, but 







