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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  tising 
  had 
  been 
  well 
  done 
  and 
  in 
  theory 
  knowledge 
  that 
  the 
  lectures 
  

   were 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  fairly 
  widespread. 
  It 
  was 
  

   hoped 
  that 
  some 
  discussion 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  excited 
  and 
  that 
  some 
  raiyats 
  

   at 
  least 
  would 
  be 
  anxious 
  to 
  turn 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  lectures 
  and 
  find 
  out 
  what 
  

   they 
  were 
  all 
  about. 
  

  

  In 
  actual 
  practice 
  the 
  advance 
  advertising 
  was 
  a 
  failure. 
  Little, 
  

   if 
  any, 
  advance 
  information 
  had 
  filtered 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  cultivators 
  

   and 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  seen 
  the 
  newspapers 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  attached 
  

   any 
  serious 
  meaning 
  to 
  the 
  enclosed 
  slips. 
  

  

  Some 
  raiyats 
  had 
  heard 
  that 
  an 
  officer 
  was 
  coming 
  to 
  talk 
  to 
  them 
  but 
  

   complained 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  so 
  often 
  been 
  told 
  that 
  some 
  official 
  or 
  other 
  

   was 
  coming 
  to 
  their 
  village 
  who, 
  after 
  preparation 
  to 
  receive 
  him, 
  had 
  

   not 
  come, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  no 
  notice 
  of 
  any 
  leaflet 
  or 
  poster 
  that 
  

   they 
  had 
  seen. 
  

  

  Again, 
  owing 
  to 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  causes 
  the 
  coloured 
  posters 
  did 
  not 
  arrive 
  

   until 
  it 
  was 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  use 
  them. 
  Printed 
  posters 
  had 
  been 
  issued 
  to 
  the 
  

   Tahsildars 
  who 
  had 
  forwarded 
  a 
  few 
  to 
  Adhikaris* 
  who 
  had 
  taken 
  no 
  

   action. 
  In 
  one 
  taluq 
  only, 
  where 
  the 
  co-operative 
  societies 
  were 
  called 
  

   in 
  to 
  aid 
  us, 
  had 
  the 
  posters 
  been 
  stuck 
  up 
  in 
  prominent 
  places 
  as 
  had 
  

   been 
  previously 
  arranged. 
  

  

  What 
  actually 
  happened 
  was 
  that 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  

   Adhikari 
  the 
  day 
  previous 
  to 
  any 
  lecture 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  responsible 
  for 
  

   gathering 
  his 
  raiyats 
  at 
  the 
  chosen 
  spot. 
  These 
  arrangements 
  had 
  

   usually 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  person 
  by 
  the 
  lecturer. 
  Adhikaris 
  difiered 
  very 
  

   much 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  enthusiasm 
  which 
  they 
  showed. 
  

  

  Some 
  meetings 
  were 
  very 
  well 
  attended, 
  others 
  consisted 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  raiyats 
  only. 
  Taking 
  the 
  lecturing 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  programme 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  audiences 
  was 
  disappointing^j*. 
  I 
  had 
  hoped 
  to 
  

   provide 
  each 
  lecturer 
  with 
  a 
  magic 
  lantern 
  but 
  only 
  four 
  could 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   cured, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  kindly 
  lent 
  by 
  the 
  Publicity 
  Bureau, 
  and 
  these 
  

   generally 
  gathered 
  better 
  crowds 
  than 
  a 
  lecture 
  which 
  was 
  not 
  illustrated 
  

   by 
  lantern 
  slides. 
  The 
  interest 
  displayed 
  in 
  the 
  lectures 
  themselves 
  

   varied 
  very 
  much 
  with 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  given. 
  

   In 
  some 
  parts 
  also 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  pests 
  was 
  quite 
  good, 
  derived 
  not 
  

   from 
  leaflets 
  or 
  pamphlets 
  but 
  from 
  observation. 
  The 
  poorest 
  . 
  audi- 
  

   ences 
  from 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  of 
  numbers, 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  Calicut 
  and 
  Ernad 
  

   taluqs. 
  The 
  latter 
  taluq 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  Moplah 
  stronghold 
  and 
  most 
  

   raiyats 
  refused 
  to 
  be 
  convinced 
  that 
  their 
  usual 
  method 
  of 
  dealing 
  with 
  

   insect 
  pests, 
  namely, 
  of 
  paying 
  Rs. 
  100 
  to 
  the 
  local 
  priest 
  and 
  getting 
  

  

  ♦Amsam 
  (village) 
  head-man. 
  

  

  ■f 
  Number 
  varied 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  300. 
  

  

  