g6 FISHING INDUSTRY OF KRIAN AND KURAU, PERAK, 



Blat Jerumal (an out-shore blat) 

 A 



B 



Hut. 



High post with pulley. Q Q 



Boat, 



D O High post with pulley. 



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This is made facing the ebb tide. A B C D, enclosure of 

 stakes, with a net-work of bamboo or rattan sega round it. 

 C Fj D Ej fences of ditto guiding in the fish. CD are high 

 nibong posts with pulleys on top. At the bottom of the 

 enclosure is a rattan net called the " daun " (loaf) ; ropes pass 

 through the pulleys on C and D and make fast to the out- 

 side corners of the " dawn." Men watch in the hut at ebb 

 tide, and, when they see enough fish are in, haul up the outer 

 edge of the " daun " first, and the fish are caught. The inside 

 end is then raised, and the fish thrown out into the boat, and 

 the " daun " again set. This trap is fixed in about 3J fathoms 

 of water, low spring tides. 



