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'MO. The TelisUdar of Behar oliservea, Kaliavs nnd oUiois follow 



„ , ^ . . ,„ tlie occupation of fisliiiig in aililitiou to their 



Behnr. Opinion of lensilaitr. ■ i i -i ii ,i i/- i 



regular work ; besides Ihcse, I here are Kewats, 



Kunjvnlis, and Passis. The bazars are notsufRcionf ly snp])hed with fish; the 



larger sort feteli one anna, the smaller three-quarters of an anna a seer; 



whilst the first sort of mutton realises two annas, and the second one anna 



and a half a seer. Upwards of 97 per cent. (97'78) of the population, it is 



asserted, arc consumers of fish, the supply of which has increased this year. 



Very small ones are taken in large quantities hy means of nets with very 



minute meshes, the size of which is ctpial to a grain of barley. Fish are 



not trapped during the rains in the inundated fields. The following are 



the nets used : Patli, Pahrah^ Packkhi, Tilheri Jal. 



