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bamboo and palm leaves. From Puri. (161) A couple of. simple Baskets, one at each 

 end of a bamboo, carried in the hand or on the shoulder. From Chittagong. (162) 

 One Basket similar to the last, but with a handle. From Chittagong. Fishing Rods. (163) 

 A Fishing Rod made of a single stem of Bambusa balcoola, 14 ft. long and with a diameter of 

 1 ! 75 in. at the handle. No reel is used, and the line is tied to the beginning of the upper 

 fourth of the rod, and is made of cotton, hardened and coloured brown in gab. From Moor- 

 shedabab. (164) A Kod similar to the last, but with a long cotton line 30 ft., for fishing in 

 mid-water. From Moorshedabad. (165) A similar but more slender Rod, 13 ft. 3 in. long 

 and 0'75 in. in diameter at the handle. From Moorshedabad. (166) Barsi, suta and sip. 

 A rod sip 16 ft. 6 in. made of bamboo with a hemp line suta and a country hook bursi. From 

 Jessore. (167) Chhip. An ordinary Fishing Rod without a reel, and the same as the rods 

 described from Moorshedabad. It measures 13 ft. 8 in. and has a silk line made of hatjhhara,* 

 i.e. refuse silk, and is provided with a float of the rachis of a peafowl's feather. 

 From Nuddea. (168) A Fishing Rod 14 ft. long like the last. From Nuddea. 

 (169) A Fishing Rod of bamboo ornamented with fire marks and measuring 12 ft. 3 in. 

 From the 24-Pergunnahs. (170) Another similar Rod, but without a wheel. From the 

 24-Pergunnahs. (171) A small Bamboo Rod 7 ft. 8 in. long, without a wheel. From the 

 24-Pergunnahs. (172) A slim Bamboo Rod, 11 ft. 2 in. It is called chip at Patna. (173) 

 A small Fishing Rod and Line. The line is made of the fibre of Sanseviera zeylanica.^ 

 From Puri. (174) Fota. This curious contrivance is employed in the capture of Wallago 

 attu. (175) Spring Rod. A Bamboo 12 ft. 7 in., set as a spring rod. From Nuddea. 

 Fishing Rope. (176) A rope made of jute for general use. From Moorshedabad. Lines. 

 (177) Tuggis or Lines. Two Hand Lines, made of silk and of great length, wound round a 

 teak roller 6 '50 in. long and 1*10 in. in diameter, the ends of which are ornamented with 

 Benares lacquer. Each line is provided with two hooks of native manufacture* and with a 

 lead weight. All kinds of large fish are caught with these lines, which are known generally 

 as tuggis or hand lines. From Moorshedabad. (178) Another Line on a wooden reel with 

 lacquered ends. Also from Moorshedabad. (179) A Ground Line for catching large fish. 

 It is known at Moorshedabad as dhauni. (180) A line consisting of a ghurnee, wheel, a piece 

 of cord line, tuggee, with its sinker called seesa, and its hooks, bansi. The line is of English 

 cord, but it has been soaked in gab in order to preserve and strengthen it. (181) A Fishing 

 Line prepared with gab, and with one hook and lead sinker, and made of cotton. It is called 

 dore in Patna. (182) A much laterally compressed Wooden Reel with a cotton line, 

 sinkers, and two native hooks. It is called sherista in Nuddea. (183) A Hand Line wound 

 round a long internode, 15 in. of a bamboo, ornamented by fire marks and revolving on 

 a bamboo stick. From the 24-Pergunnahs. (184) A long Cotton Line treated with gab. It 

 is wound round a gourd. It is called dor (string) and bansi (hook). (185) Two Fishing 

 Lines made of tussah-silk, one with hooks of English manufacture. From Calcutta. (186) 

 A Sea Fishing Line with large hooks, and with a big iron nail for fixing it. From Puri. 

 (187) A smaller Sea Line with hooks. From Puri. Fishing Spears. (188) A Fishing 

 Spear made of ten spears tied together for 21 in., the remainder free. It is used in 

 shallow or deep water, and from a dug-out canoe, in spearing all kinds of fish that swim 

 near the surface. From Motihari. Native name surhut. (189) A Spear resembling 

 the compound spear from the Chumparun district, but consisting of sixteen separate 

 spear-points, each shaft being 4 ft. 3 in. long. The uses are the same as those of the 

 Chumparun spear. It is called konch in Nuddea. (190) A Spear 4 ft. 10 '50 in. long, with 

 twelve points, and thus resembling the sarhut of Chumparun and the konch of Nuddea. In 

 Mozufierpore it is called sahut. (191) Another resembling the foregoing. From the 

 24-Pergunnahs. (192) A Spear with a coloured bamboo shaft 14 ft. 5 in. long. From the 

 24-Pergunnahs. (193) A Spear with a shaft of blackened bamboo, 10 ft. 10 in. in length. 

 It is called pachkha at Patna. (194) Another with a shaft 10 ft. long, but with eight 

 unbarbed points 8 in. long. From Patna. (195) A Spear terminating in five singly barbed 

 points 6 in. long and fixed into a bamboo shaft 10 ft. long. It is known as pdchkd at Sarun. 



* Literally, thrown away by the hands. 



f Identified by Dr. King, who informs me that the Bengali name is moogo. 



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