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depth, of at least five cubits of water, in the dry season." [ See similar 

 propositions in Dharwar, p. lii, and South Canara, p. scii, where 

 even a precedent will be found, although the originator was a native ruler.] 

 The fishermen of Noakhally are said not to be very expert in their 

 calling. The Collector of Chittagong observes fish, both fresh and dried, is 

 largely used by all classes of the population with the exception of a 

 few Hindu religious mendicants (Boiragis). Fish is often dried; hilsa is 

 salted ; none is exported except sharks' fins to Rangoon. Dried fish is 

 imported from Sylhet and Dacca. To the north fish are reared in tanks 

 not so to the south. No special measures of conservation are considered 

 necessary. 



