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MYSORE AND COORG. 



190. In the elevated table-Iaiul of Mysore and llic hilly districfc 



of Coorg exist, some fairlj'-sizod livers, and 



Frcsli-wnteifislicrlcsiii Mjsoro many more which in comparison may ho 



mill Cooig. termed streams. Besides these in Mysore 



there are a considerahle number of lalceg 

 and large tanks tli.nt rarely dry u|i, and many of a smaller size, estimat- 

 ed at 20,(10(1, which, either during the hot months or on the occasion 

 of any considerahle drought, hecomc entirely or nearly dry. 



191. Reapeclinij the numbers of the population who ent fah ? they 



are reported to he as follows : — In the Nundi- 

 At lonst hnlf the ppoplc of (!,.„„ division two thirds, yVstrngam half; in 

 Mysme niid Coort; are fisli- ti iiiiir j. rii'iii rr- 



p^'ji,|.g " llassnm district v.y per cent., Lnituldrug \i\i, 



Shimoga 6.5, K.idoor .50; whilst in Coorg they 

 are com]iutedat three-fourths of tlie population. In sliort, it may he fairly 

 assumed that at least half the people of Mysore and Coorg arc lish-eaters, 

 when they are able to secure this species of food. 



193. As to whether (he markets are sujjicientlt/ or hisufficiently 

 supplied ■u)ilh fish ? the following are the 



Markets genomlly nro in- ,.p ,„.fs {„ (,!,„ Nundidrui,'- division : local 

 suniL-ieiitly supplied witli nsli. ' , .-^ .■ • i 



markets near large reservoirs nre fairly sup- 

 j)lied so long as the water lasts. In the Astiagani divisioi\ six; 

 markets are stated to be insudiciently supplied, and four others to 

 bo well supplied. In Ilassani the markets in six of the talookas are 

 insufliciently supplied, and in one only is it sufficient. There is an 

 iiisuflicient supply of fresh fish in all the markets in the Nagar and 

 Coorg districts, but in the latter salt-fish are imported from (lie coast. 

 In short, a generally insuflicient supply of fresh fish obtains in the 

 markets of My.sorc and Coorg. 



19;i. liespecting whether the amount of fish in the rivers and tanks 



have increased, decreased, or remained staiion- 

 Fisli are decreasing. ary F In two of the Mysore divisions they are 



reported by all the amildars to have decreased 

 of late years owing to the drought, whilst in the third division the 

 majority of the native officials give a similar report, and the remainder 

 assert that they have remained stationary. This question appears to 

 have been overlooked in Coorg. It appears, however, that in all but a 

 few talookas, wherein the supply is stationary, the amount of fish in the 

 rivers and tanks is reported to have decreased. 



I9i. The fishermen vi\\o only pursue that trade seem to be few, 



but those who fish in addition to other avo- 



Fislicrnien also follow other cations a]>pear to be very numerous. In 



occupations. Nundidiug these are computed at two-thirds 



of the population, nearly cvoiy ryot keep- 

 ing a net to be employed as occasion or opportunity arises. In the 

 Astragam division, Ilassani, and Nagar thc^- are given at 171,359, but 



