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annas a seer : of mutton first sort 4 annas, second sort 3 annas a seer. 

 One-fourth of the population eat fish, the supply of which has decreased. 

 Very small fish are captured by nets in large quantities during the rains. 



241. The Tehsildar of Mortizapur gives 175 fishermen, " Bhoees" 



and Mahometans. The markets are insuffi- 

 NaUTC ffldal f cien % supplied; large fish obtains 6 annas, 



and small 3 annas a seer ; first sort mutton 

 4 annas, second sort 3 annas a seer. One-fourth of the population eat 

 fish ; the supply has decreased ; very small ones are taken during the rains 

 in large quantities. 



242. The Tehsildar of Chandore gives 546 fishermen, consisting of 



Bhoees, in his district. The markets are in- 

 Chandom f NHtiVe ffiCial f sufficiently supplied with fish ; the cost of 



which is, for large sorts 6 annas, small sorts 



3 annas a seer ; whilst first sort mutton realises 4 annas, and second sort 

 3 annas a seer. 



243. The Tehsildar of Morsee gives 648 Bhoees and Mahomedan 



fishermen in his district. The markets are 



not fu % su PP lied witn fish '> the lar er sorts 

 cost 4 annas, and the smaller 3 annas a seer ; 



whilst the first sort of mutton also obtains 4 annas, and the second sort 

 3 annas a seer. 



244. The Native official of the Woon District observes that there 



are 1,560 fishermen of the Bhoee and Deemur 

 ^Opinion oi Native official of casteg j n the district ^ but they algo pursue 



other avocations. The local markets are in- 

 sufficiently supplied with fish, the larger sorts selling at 5, and the smaller 

 at 6 seers the rupee : whilst the first sort of mutton costs 4 seers, and the 

 second 5 seers the Rupee ; but this latter article of diet is but little con- 

 sumed in the district. About 15 per cent, of the people are said to 

 occasionally eat fish, but these creatures have decreased of late years. 

 Small ones are taken during the rains, but not in large quantities, the 

 minimum mesh of the nets being about three -eighths of an inch. Fish. 

 to a small extent are trapped during the rains in the irrigated fields. 

 The names of the nets, &c., used are Bhowt jail, Juice, Burdee, Maah 

 lj Thickuttake, Maleuse thagnee, and Murwuth. 



