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with sheets ; these last are spread out and sunk in the water and raised 

 when filled with fish. The smallest mesh of the nets is of an inch 

 between the knots. Fish are trapped in the irrigated fields along the 

 banks of rivers, during the rains. The Tehsildar of Haripur observes, 

 that zemindars and others fish when not otherwise occupied ; the markets 

 are not fully supplied, more fish could be sold. A small proportion 

 of the people eat fish, the supply of which has slightly decreased. 

 Immature ones are not caught in the rains, the smallest mesh being 1 inch 

 between each knot of the meshes. Fish are not trapped in the irrigat- 

 ed fields ; some are speared by torch-light. The Tehsildar of Mausera 

 reports, that there are 160 fishermen, but they follow other occupations; 

 the markets are not fully supplied ; more fish could be sold ; the majority 

 of the people eat it, but more as a luxury than a staple of food. The 

 supply has decreased of late years. During the rains quantities of the 

 immature are taken, but breeding fish are not trapped in the irrigated 

 fields. The Tehsildar of Kohdt states, that only a few Kahars of the 

 regiments in garrison occasionally net fish, and boatmen on the Indus 

 capture some with hooks and lines. The consumption of fish is small, 

 and confined to the city and cantonments, a very few of the general 

 population being fish-eaters. 



35. In the Rawal Pindi district, the five Tehsildar s report as fol- 

 lows : In Rawal Pindi there are 30 fisher- 



J?::l S^rJrSti ?>, * ** ^, m Gujer Khan O, inFathi 

 Pindi, Attock, Gujer Khan, Fathi Jang 4, in Muni !_, all of whom follow 

 Jang, Muni, Jhilam, Find D&dan other occupations. All the Kahars, the 

 Khan, Chakwal , Talegang, Guj- Machi d B huttiara castes 6sh, and the 

 rat, Kharim, and Sahem. .. .... ,, ' 



Jhewurs and Mullas amongst the Manome- 



dans, The supply is insufficient or absent in four tehsils, and sufficient 

 in one. In Rawal Pindi 75 per cent, of the population eat fish, in 

 Attock (being Mahomed ans) nearly the whole, the same in Gujer 

 Khan and Fathi Jang, but only 10 per cent, in Muni. In Rawal 

 Pindi and Muni the supply is stated to have decreased, in Attock 

 to be stationary, and in the other two tehsils to have slightly increased. 

 At Mouzah Gun gal in Rawal Pindi, fish are said to be trapped to a 

 limited extent. In the Jhilam district four Tefisildars state, that in Jhilam 

 there are 15 fishermen, but in the other three tehsils fishing is merely carried 

 on in addition to other occupations. In Jhilam, only, are the markets 

 fully supplied, and there about three-fourths of the population 'eat fish, 

 the remaining 25 per cent., who are chiefly Brahmins, never do so ; in 

 Pind Dadan Khan } G (eight- tenth ?, this being the proportion of Mahome- 

 dans to Hindus,) eat fish. Hindus have an aversion to it. In Chakwal it 

 is not touched. In Talegang the people in the vicinty of the Soan river 

 eat fish. In Jhilam fish are said to be increasing; in Pind Dadan 

 Khan to have decreased, but to have remained stationary in the two other 

 tehsils. Small ones are said to be taken in Jhilam during the rains. The 

 minimum size of the meshes of nets vary from 1 inch between the 

 knots in the larger nets, to from J to ^ an inch in the ( chilwa' nets. 

 Fish are not trapped during the rains in the irrigated fields. In the 

 Gvjrat district, the three Tehsildars report as follows : in Gujrat there are 

 7 fishermen, in Kharim 2, and in Sahem 1, all of whom follow other 

 occupations. The local markets are not fully supplied, more fish could 

 be sold. In Gujrat more than half the people eat fish, in Kharim 



