EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 



23. 1 



J- Casting-nets. 



24. I 



25. A landing-net from Moorshedabad. 



26. Choba. — A plunge-net, used chiefly in shallow water to capture 



fish which lay half-concealed in the mud. From Poona. 



27. A shrimping-net. From Poona. 



28. Yethuvala. — A hand-net. From the Godavery. 



29. Akhu. — A scoop-like net for catching small fish. From the 



Konkan. 



30. Stake-net — can be raised or lowered according to the depth of 



the stream. 



31. Palona jal. — The base forms a scraper to which the net is per- 



manently attached, and which has sockets for the receipt of the 

 side bamboos. From Cuttack. 



32. Mai jal. — A drag-net, attached to a bow-like bamboo, having a 



weight fastened to each end and a cord fastened to the middle. 

 It is dragged along the bottom like a dredge. 



33. Chach jal — A hoop supporting a bag-like net 3 ft. in length, 



with a septum about 11 inches from mouth leading into the 

 lower portion of the net. From Chittagong. 



34. Poluha jal. — A conical net, used by means of a framework of six 



bamboos tied together at the apex, and kept in position by a 

 hoop. The fisherman climbs on to this framework, and if in 

 shallow water stands on the hoop, he then loosens the cord by 

 which the net is fastened to the bamboos, and the net falls to 

 the bottom. A feeler (which may be the rudder of his boat) to 

 ascertain whether any fish are under the net, and if he finds 

 one the spear is used. 



35. A dip-net, with weights. 



