100 FISHING INDUSTRY OF KRIAN AND KURAU, PERAK. 

 Pukat Hanyut (drift net). 



80 to 100 fathoms long, 



3 fathoms, 



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Boat. 



This net is from So to 100 fathoms iong and 6 fathoms 

 deep, of a mesh (mat a serai) of about 1^ inches square. 



At one end it is made fast to a large float F (polompong) 

 about i\ feet in diameter. The other end is made fast to the 

 boat. The net is kept up by floats along the top. It has no 

 weights at the bottom. It drifts along- dragging the boat after it, 

 andean be worked in both tides. Only one or two men are 

 required to work it, and large fish are caught in it. The fish 

 strike against it and get entangled. 



