46 MELTON AND HOMESPUN 



Here I found some coolies working a long seine-net which, 

 upon being hauled up on shore, was found to contain a 

 number of enormous barbel. The ebon fishermen assisted 

 me in dragging my craft through the holding mud and 

 dense mass of water-plants, and I then had a comparatively 

 easy paddle to the place of disembarkation, where I 

 found B and breakfast awaiting my advent. 



