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lawa, about the size of herrings. Model No. 12. Sinhalese, Suda Dela. Tamil, Sudar Wali. 

 This net is about 45 yards long and 6 yards in depth. It has a bag or noose at each of its 

 four corners. It is taken by boat about 30 yards out to sea, whence two men swim ashore 

 carrying each end of it. It is then hauled up on to the beach. Model No. 13. Sinhalese, 

 Pulunnan Dela. Tamil, Chithippu Wali. This net is 125 yards long and 7 yards in depth. 

 Model No. 14. Sinhalese, Athanguwa. Tamil, Pari. A species of landing-net. Used also 

 for catching prawns in the mud of lakes. Model No. 18. Sinhalese, Wisidel. Tamil, Wisi 

 wali. This net is 3 yards in depth and about 6 yards in circumference at its mouth. One 

 end tapers to a point and has a long string attached to it. The other end or mouth is heavily 

 weighted with lead, so that when thrown on the water it falls on the surface in a circular 

 form, and while sinking to the bed of the stream or lake, encircles any fish that may be within 

 its area. The string at the top end of the net then being pulled, the weights are gradually 

 drawn together and the fish enclosed. 



DIVISION IV. 



Model No. 1. Sinhalese, Weladan Oruwa. Tamil, Yawara Thoni. About 20 feet in length 

 Principally used, as its name signifies, for trading purposes. Model No. 2. Sinhalese, 

 Warakan Oruwa. Tamil, Kachchana Thoni. A fishing-boat, mostly used during the north- 

 east monsoon, from which it derives its name. Kequires a crew of four men, and fishes with 

 hook and line from between twenty to forty miles out at sea. Model No. 3. Sinhalese, 

 Hinguran Oruwa. Tamil, Hinguran Thoni. This boat gets its name from the species of 

 small fish generally used on board it for bait. It carries a crew of seven fishermen, and fishes 

 with hook and line from five to ten miles out to sea. Net No. 3 is used to catch the particular 

 bait required ; it is 12 yards square. Model No. 4. Sinhalese, Issan Oruwa. Tamil, Iral 

 Thoni. Fishes with hook and line, using prawns for bait, from which it has the name 

 "prawn boat." Model No. 5. Sinhalese, Laggan Oruwa. Tamil, Surruku Wali Thoni. 

 Fishes with net (No. 5) of about 20 yards long and 40 yards in circumference at its mouth. 

 It carries a crew of five men, and catches large shoals of fish not unlike sardines or pilchards. 

 Model No. 6. Sinhalese, Kattu del Oruwa. Tamil, Kattu Wali Thoni. Is used for fresh- 

 water fishing only. Derives its name from the net it carries, viz., stake-net (No. 6), so called 

 from the manner in which it is fastened in the current of a stream. The net is in the shape of 

 a bag, 25 yards long, and with a mouth 4 yards in diameter. The mouth is fixed to eight 

 stakes, placed in the bed of a stream in a semicircular form, at a distance of 1^ feet apart. 

 Fishing with this net is generally carried on at night by torchlight. Model No. 7. Sinhalese, 

 Kakuluwan Oruwa. Tamil, Nandu Thoni. This boat is six feet long, and is principally 

 used for crab and prawn fishing in salt-water lakes. Baited lines are attached to long poles 

 placed upright in the mud. When it appears from the line that a crab has caught hold of the 

 bait, the boat comes near, and the line is gently drawn towards a net called " Athanguwa " 

 (No. 14), into which the crab is shaken. Model No. 8. Sinhalese, Modduwa Oruwa. Tamil, 

 Koduwa Thoni. Derives its name from a species of large fish called " Modda. 1 ' It is caught 

 with hook and line, but on account of its weight requires to be taken on board in the net 

 "Athanguwa," No. 14. Model No. 15. Sinhalese, Kattumaran. Tamil, ditto. This is a 

 common description of raft ; it is made of three or four logs of wood, about 6 feet in length and 

 2 feet in circumference, kept together by pieces of wood run through them in three places, with 

 the ends of each piece projecting at either side. Hopes made fast to these ends, passed over 

 from side to side of the raft, keep the logs firmly fixed together. The net (No. 1 5) used by 

 this craft is about 30 yards long and 6 yards in depth, and is usually cast not more than three 

 miles out at sea. Model No. 16. Sinhalese Madel paruwa. Tamil, Kawali pathei. This is a 

 flat bottomed boat, plied with oars and poles. It derives its name from the Madel net which it 

 carries. This net is 600 yards in length and 20 yards in depth. In casting this net one end 

 is firmly fixed on shore, while the other, after the net has been paid out from the boat iii a 

 straight line out to sea, is gradually brought round to the shore at a point about 40 yards 

 distant from where the other end is made fast. Both ends are then gradually drawn together, 

 as the net is being drawn on shore. Model No. 17. Sinhalese, Barudel paruwa. Tamil, 

 Perumwaralpathei. A flat-bottomed boat, plied with oars and poles. Is named from the net 

 " Barudel " which it carries. This net is 400 yards in length and 12 yards in depth, and is 

 similar to the Madel, but on a smaller scale. 



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