EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 



13. Fishing-boat,, fitted with a bamboo platform projecting into the 



water on one side, and with a net placed obliquely on the 

 other. The fish are frightened on to the bamboos, and in 

 leaping into the boat are prevented from clearing the other 

 side by the net. 



14. ParachaL—A coracle, or fTat-bottomed boat, used in rocky tor- 



rents in the Bowani river, Coimbatore. 



15. Bombay fishing-boat (Muchwa), built of Malabar teak. 



16. Canoe dug-out, or donga, made of the stem of Borassws flabet- 



liformis or tar palm ; the soft portion of the palm-stem is 

 excavated, and the broadly expanding base forms the prow. 



17. Head of paddk belonging to the Muchwa. 



18. Anchor made of wood, and weighted with stone or brick. 



19. Bombay fishing-boat (Tony), made of Malabar teak. 





20. 



20a. > Madras Masudah boat ; the planks are sewn together. 



21. Fishing-vessel from Tuticorin. 



22. Burmese snake-boat ? for passengers. 



