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demaiiil, hu-go ones oLiaiuing 2 or 1^, ami small ones 1 anna a seer. 

 Bazar mutton of the first sort letches 2, anil second sort li or 1 anna :i 

 seer. The proportion ol' fish-eaters is not clearly delined. The amount of 

 fish lu the waters has continued stationary except in the Ganges, wliere a 

 slight decrease is reported, and considered due to the irrigation canal. 

 During the ruins llsli are usually considered uu\vliolesome. The smallest 

 mesh of the nets is given at |tli of an inch between the knots. Fish are 

 taken in irrigated fields during the rains. One mode of capturing fisli 

 is erecting a bund or emljankinent across a stream or pond, leaving only 

 a single small opening where a net is j)hiccd. The fishermen \vith sticks 

 beat the water; the frightened lisli make for the opening, where they ate 

 captured. 



'667 . In the Rohilciuid Divis'wn, from Budaon, no replies have Ijcen 



^ . . , received to the questions for the Tchsildars. 

 Answers of Nutivo OlUciula t ,i ir ? ? / /■» ii j x /» m i "i i 

 iu Roliilcuud ^ '^ lUuraUaOail Lollectorate, lelisildars 



have sent in replies which have been con- 

 densed. The number of persons who are strictly iishernien by trade arc 

 about 5,000 ; these men also work as bearers, &c. Besides these, there are 

 hundreds of other men, women, and children, who in the rains cither 

 employ or amuse themselves in catching (ish. The fishermen are mostly 

 Jlindus, but there are a few IMahomedans. The supply of fish in the 

 markets has fallen off since 1S57, but during the last two years has 

 slightly risen a little, due to better rainy seasons. During the rains fisii 

 costs about half that of the llesh of sheep and goats, whilst in the cold 

 and hot season the price of the two is much the same. It is estimated 

 that about J of the people eat fish, nearly all the Mahomedans, and all 

 the lower castes of Hindus. Amongst the Brahmins, Kunojias only cat 

 fish generally. Baniahs say they do not, but they do at times. The 

 umount of (ish in the waters is said to be much less during the last 

 12 or 1-i years than formerly ; very small ones are taken in quantities 

 during the rains, j of an inch between the knots of the meshes is given 

 us the minimum size employed. Fish are not trapped in the irrigated 

 fields. The local fishernicn do not ply their trade in the Ganges, but 

 drag the back streams and pools left hy the rain Hoods. In the Baredli/ 

 Collectorate, the Telisildars compute the fishermen at about 12,100; they 

 have, other occupations likewise; they are Kahars, Buttiaras, Cheereemar, 

 Kulbooteea, Gooreea, and Pasee. About 48,050 maunds of fish are 

 believed to be consumed during the year. The amount in the waters is 

 stated to be stationary ; very small ones are captured during the rains 

 with cane-uets having minute meshes, and by other contrivances. The 

 meshes are not sulliciently large to permit a grain of mucca to pass 

 through. Fish are trapped iu the irrigated fields during the rains. 

 Fish in the villages are commonly bartered for grain in certain projiortions. 

 In the Sha/ijcJtaiipur Collectorate, the Tchsildars rcjjort that Kahars 

 amongst the Hindus, and Buttiaras amongst the ISIahomeilans, are the 

 fishing castes, and live a good deal ou their fishing. All other classes except 

 Khutrecs, Agurwala Banias, Brahmins with the exception of Kunojias, 

 habitually eat fish with other food, the annual consumption of which is 

 set down at between 30 and -10,000 maunds. The largest amount of 

 fish are taken from August to Occomber, in less numbers during 

 April and IMay, and occasionally during the rouuiiudcr of the 



