ccxm 



5. — Tmiida-ghy, similar, Imfc Rmalk-r, nnd ])uiU, in ilio narrow part 

 of tlio river, worked by four men : \ of an inch between the 

 liaiiiboos. 



6. — Umj/ooii and KJiaya. The fust is a cylindrical bamboo basket, 

 from 3 to 6 feet in length, and from 1 to 2 feet in diameter, 

 wilh a trap-door at both ends, in which fish are caught; it 

 is used in the streams. The latter is a long cone-shaped 

 basket, held iinder water in a strong tide; tlic lish gets ia 

 and is jammed at the sharp ends ; when the tide recedes the 

 basket is pulled up by means of a rope : fths of an inch 

 between each piece of bamboo. 



7. — Ilisai/ is the same as isanda, but coustructed in tidal streams. 



8. — Kwoon, a easting-net. 



9. — I'sotmg, a conical basket, open at both ends ; the lower one is 

 put down over fish in shallow water, and the fisherman 

 removes the game from above : J of an inch between the 

 bamboos. 



392. From the Shwegyen District, one native official reports that 



_ . . . ,. ^ . , , most of the fishermen engage in other occu- 

 Opinion 01 native ollicial of .■ ji t i i ^ r- n ^• i 



-luv^gveu. pations : the local markets are iully supplied; 



the price has not risen, " but there seems to 



>e a general impression that fish are decreasing. This is what the fish- 



rmen say ; there is no means of testing it." Numbers of small bright 



ilvery fish, termed " Shnay-hmong," or gold-dust fish, are found, after 



lie first week's rains, ascending some of the rivers in prodigious shoals. 



I'hey swim close to the banks, avoiding the deep water and current, and 



ire caught in great cpiantities by women and children with pieces of 



uosquito netting or cloth. These have all the characters, to the casual 



■l)servor, of fish-fry, but the Burmese say they grow no larger. The 



inallcst sized mesh of nets is ^ an inch and a :|- of an inch between 



lamboos, or even less. Fish are taken in the inundated fields. The 



lames of fishing implements are given. 



393. Replies from the Mergui District have been given by four 



Tkoogi/ees and Myo-okes, but .as their answers 

 Replies from Mergui. refer to the sea fisheries, they will be included 



in that report. 



