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310. The Tehsildar of Behar observes,, K ah ars and others follow 



~ . . the occupation of fishing in addition to their 



Behar. Opinion of Tehsildar. i i -i ,1 T- 



regular work ; besides these, there are Rewats, 



Kunjrahs, and Passis. The bazars are not sufficiently supplied with fish ; the 

 larger sort fetch one anna, the smaller three-quarters of an anna a seer ; 

 whilst the first sort of mutton realises two annas, and the second one anna 

 and a half a seer. Upwards of 97 per cent. (97*78) of the population, it is 

 asserted, are consumers of fish, the supply of which has increased this year. 

 Very small ones are taken in large quantities by means of nets with very 

 minute meshes, the size of which is equal to a grain of barley. Fish are 

 not trapped during the rains in the inundated fields. The following are 

 the nets used : Patli, Pahrah, Packkhi, Tilheri Jal. 



