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DIVISION IV. 



GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL. Boats. (221) Botee Boat. A. 



Fishing Boat, 28 ft. long, 7 ft. broad at the middle, and with a depth of 2 ft. at the centre. 

 From Patna. (222) A Fishing Boat, measuring 35 ft. 3 in. in length and 5 ft. 2 in. broad at 

 its middle, where it has a depth of 2 ft. 1 in. The general form of the boat recalls the boats 

 of the ancient Egyptians. This boat is from Jessore. (223) A Model of the ordinary 

 Fishing Boat that is used with behandi and other nets, and which is generally made about 

 35 ft. long. From Chittagong. (224) A Model of a Fishing Boat 5 ft. 6 -50 in. long and 

 9'75 in. broad and 6 -50 in. high at the middle. Fishing boats of this kind are generally 

 24 ft. in length. From Chittagong. Canoes. (225) A Canoe dug-out, or donga, made of 

 the stem of Borassus flabelliformis, or tdl palm. From Jessore. (226) A Canoe dug out of 

 the trunk of the tree semul, Bombax malabaricum, and measuring 23 ft. long, 1 ft. 10 in. broad, 

 and 1 ft. deep. It is called ekta in Patna, meaning one. (227) Baling Instrument. A 

 Wooden Scoop painted green and margined with red. Length with handle 3 ft. 4 50 in., the 

 scoop being 1 ft. 0*75 in. long and 2 '75 in. deep. It is used in baling large boats. From 

 Patna. (228) Another and similar, but smaller. From Patna. (229) Fishing Rafts. Two 

 Fishing Kafts, made each of three large bundles of shola (Aeschynomene aspera, Linn.), 4 ft. 

 2 in. long, the breadth of the raft being 4 ft. 3 in. The bundles are tied at the ends, and the 

 three are bound together, and over them there are placed two old bhangy sticks, to which 

 they are also secured by coarse cord made of jute or cocoa-nut fibre. The fisherman squats 

 down with one foot on each piece of wood and steers, and paddles himself with the short oar. 

 The raft is used in superintending fishing operations with large drag nets in tanks and in 

 shallow water, and in throwing the khepla jal, a common casting net. They are known by 

 no other name than sliola. From Calcutta. (230) A shola Float measuring 20 in. by 5 50 in. 

 From Puri. 



DIVISION VI. 



GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL. Eaw Materials for making Lines. 

 (231) Five Masses of Tussah Silk, consisting of the unwindmgs from the outer layers of 

 cocoons. Calcutta. (232) Three similar Masses damped and twisted into hanks. Calcutta. 

 (233) Twenty Y-shaped Sticks with the imwindings of the fine inner layer of tussah 

 cocoons. Calcutta. (234) Twenty Specimens of Lines made of tussah silk. Calcutta. 

 (235) A plant of Sanseviera zeylanica, the fibre of which is used at Puri for making 

 fishing lines. From Puri. Apparatus for Making Nets. (238) Takur. A Spindle and 

 its Whorl for making twist for nets. From Calcutta. (237) Phal-katta. Apparatus 

 for making nets. From Calcutta. (238) Phall-katta. Two other pieces of better work- 

 manship. From Calcutta. (239) Phal-katta and patuna. Two other specimens of 

 smaller size. From Calcutta. Materials used in the Preparation of Nets and Lines, 

 also for Paying the Seams of Boats. The preparation is thus made : (240) Gab. The 

 gummy juice of the fruit of Diospyrus embryopteris is used in tanning, and when it 

 has been prepared as follows, the decoction is used for preserving fishing lines and boats 

 against the action of water. The fruits of Diospyrus embryopteris, D. melanoxylon, Acacia 

 arabica, and of Terminalia citrina are broken up in the green state and pounded together 

 along with the barks of the following trees, viz. Acacia arabica and Terminalia arjuna. A 

 little water and mustard oil is added to the mixture, and it is then boiled in an earthen 

 vessel. It is then allowed to stand for two or three days, and after that the liquid is strained 

 off for use. A net to be prepared is placed in an earthen vessel and the solution is poured<oh 

 it, and the net is allowed to remain in the solution for twenty-four hours. (241) A Sample 

 of gab so prepared. From Calcutta. (242) A sample of the fruit of Diospyrus embryopteris. 

 From Calcutta. (243) A Sample of the Fruit of Acacia arabica. From Calcutta. (244) 

 A Sample of the Fruit of Terminalia citrina. From Calcutta. (245) A Sample of the Bark 

 of Acacia arabica. From Calcutta. (246) A Sample of the Bark Terminalia arjuna. From 

 Calcutta. Grass for Tying Traps. (247) A Specimen of the Grass that is used in tying 



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