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elevated by props to the height of about eigh- 

 teen inches; to this line, nooses of horse hair 

 are fixed at a distance from each other of about 

 two feet, and when the birds pass under the 

 line, they are caught in the nooses by their 

 necks. 



Sometimes a similar line is fastened to the 

 ground, and left lying there with all the 

 nooses spread, and as they pass over them 

 they are caught by the legs : this line is never 

 laid where there is much jungle. When the 

 line or lines are ready, they go off to a conside- 

 rable distance and beat the bushes in a directi- 

 on towards them. 



The corn in india is never put into ricks, or 

 threshed as in this country. As soon as they 

 cut it, it is collected into heaps in the same 

 field, on an even piece of ground, and a spot 

 of about eight cloth yards diameter is smooth- 

 ed and plastered over with clay, cow dung and 

 water. In the middle of it a post is driven 

 into the ground, to which two, four, or six 



