cvu 



linnilido linslccls in slirnms niid wnstc woirs of (,'1m1;s ; pmnll |)nif!0-slin|i('(l 

 lU'tsmc iilso oiiiploypd. Tlic ininiiiiTiin size "f tlio mpsli of llip nrls iiscil 

 will Ui'i |K'nnit I lie smiillpsl. ones to escape. Fisli nie (iMpprd in (lie irri- 

 g-ifed fields (luring the rains. 'I'lie modes of fisliing are ns follows; 1)y 

 nefs, traps, liooks, elot-lis, and l)y hand; hy baskets of did'eient shapes ; 

 by daniiniiirr and draining olf the water ; by shooting, striking with clubs, 

 with swords or choppers ; in short, by poacliing practices of every kind, 

 as well as Iiy fishing with rods and lines, and by poisoning the pools 

 until the fish float to the snrfncc of the water. 



212. The Amildars of Coorg report that nearly all the ryots fish more 



or less, none are strictly fishermen, but 



_^Oi_ of the Native omciak y.^se last arc known as Hoyecs or Bestuis 



(liearcrs). The bazars are insuilicicntly sup- 

 plied witli fresh fish, but fully with dried ones from the coast. The price 

 of a seer (weighing 27| rupees) of large fish is two ann.ns, of small ones 

 half an anna, of a seer of first sort of mutton (weighing 80 rupees) 

 annas, for second sort 5 nnnas. Three-fourths of the people catfish, 

 lining September, October, and November, large quantities of small 

 fish arc captured, wdiilst the meshes of some of the nets are so small 

 as to allow only tlie water to pass through. Daring the rains breed- 

 ing fish arc trajipcd in the irrigated fields. One mode of tishing ])iir- 

 sucd is by throwing a jungle fruit about the size and shape of .i 

 green walnut into the rivers and streams. The eireet of this is to 

 stupefy the fish, and they come up to the surface and turn on their 

 backs, when they are easily caught. This practice lias been strictly 

 jirohiliitcd, and is not now openly carried on. The nets arc called 

 ('iinnerliale, Beesoobnlc, .Tadibale, and Goribale, whilst the traps arc 

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