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ileeroasod owiii^' to the dronglits, wliilsl in olliers tlioy liave lomaiiR'd 

 statiouaiy. All the AmiUliiis report that a groat (jiiaiility of small lish 

 are caught dining the rainy season by means of diil'erent kinds of nets, 

 rods and lines, and baskets prepared for this purpose which are made 

 with the fronds of the cocoamit pahn ; these have large open mouths, 

 whilst their floor is covered by moans of a lattice work of strings ; 

 they are placed against a current of water which, rushing in, passes 

 through the interstices, leaving the fish deposited in the basket. They 

 nil likewise give the smallest mesh of the nets at one-sixteenth of an 

 inch. The dillerent modes of fishing are roils and lines and baskets. 

 The following are the native names of every form of net in use : Beesoo- 

 balay, Yelabalay, Thadalabalay, Seegadibalay, Bidubalay, Thadubalay, 

 Gooroobalay, Urjoonabalay, Ilayabalay, Kybalay, Ela])panabalay. 



210. lu the Hassan District the Amildars report that the fisher- 



men are generally known as Bestharoo ; they 

 Opinions of Native officials in ^^.^^^^ ,^,^^^ cultivate besides, whilst their num- 



bers are recorded as iiiS,iio'J, exclusive ol 

 Jfanjarabad, where it could no^ be ascertained. The names of the fisher- 

 man castes given are Bestharoo, Byadarn, A'akaligaru, Wooparroo, 

 Koramaru, 'J'elugaru, Agasaru (Dhoby), Mussidmen, IMyailam, ]\Iadigaru, 

 Iloliarn, Koorabara, Waddaru, A'^oolitigalaru, Edigara, Dasrees, Lumba- 

 nee, Swalparu, Jabatarn, Jcngalarm, Landroo, Ganigaru (Oilmongors), 

 Karachooneha, Koombarroo, Kalikarroo, Goller Bylakisalarn, Native 

 Christians, Teliga Ilajamer (Barbers), Jettiroo, Devarroo Tigalaru, and 

 Koraeharu — Devangadavaru Gijjcgarn, Jelagaroo. The Amildars of Ilaru- 

 kalli, ^fagamangala, jMaharajeudurga, Narsipura, Bailiiru, and Arha- 

 lagudu, state the bazars are iMSudieiently supplied with lish, but in Hassan 

 only is the supply snflicieut. Salt-fish is also imported from Mangalore, 

 but not in large enough quantities for the demand. The popidatiou 

 of fish-eaters is given at about 95 per cent. (101',807 out of 

 422,539). The Amildars universally say fisli are decreasing owing 

 to drought. Breeding fish are trapjied in the irrigation channels during 

 the rains, and also in some localities in the paddy-liclds as well. They 

 are likewise poisoned by earagooli, date-thorn, eaehel moolloo, and gorway. 

 They are also t; Uen by the Sigadi net (for small fish), llaiajaua net, 

 Beesa net, Aga lot, Balla net, Bida net, CJorkooli, Barjakooli, (iiankoidi, 

 Sumrakooli gana, Kolu Kolli, Karay Kayee, Balu Goomkay leaves, 

 cooked leaves of Sawe, Kodamay net, Gana dadee net, Kadala net, small 

 KooH, Baju bees net, Katoo net. Serpent net, Golaga net, and hooks. 



211. The Amildars in the Nayar District report that the num- 



bers of fishermen aggregate 6,C72, but they 

 S.!^r^^:t"'^'^' -rry on other trades, as mam.lhcturers of, 



chunam, winlst there are also boatmen and 

 bearers amongst them. The fishermen castes are ' Bestur,' and likewise 

 others are termed Gnngemakalso, Koboligaroo, Ilaloy Bhoees, and 

 Kubbaru. The markets are insuHieicntly supplied with fish, partly due 

 to a want of rain and partly to a want of rest for the fisheries. The 

 proportion of the fish-eating population is about 55 per cent, in the 

 Chituldiug District, 05 per cent, in Shimoga, and 50 percent, in Kadoor. 

 Fish are decreasing owing to the absence of rain, and are captured by 

 means of hooks^ diflercnt ibrms of traps, and by placing funnel-shaped 



