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B. TheOoppoopalagai £>_ f ^ ljlj lj tims a board employed 

 in levelling the beds, splashing the water from pan to pan* 

 &c. The spikes are made use of to break up and col- 

 lect the salt when very thick, and are frequently omitted. 



C. The Ehttu & ^jg) a kind of scoop suspended from a 

 rude triangle, which, by means of a swinging motion, throws 

 water out of the small canal into the reservoir. 



D. The Tattucootti <£$c-©<tf(<5 $ j3 a stamper used in beat- 

 ing and levelling the beds. 



E. A palmyra leaf basket running down to a ridge at bot- 

 tom, and furnished with two short ropes at each side. This 

 implement is held by two persons standing at some dis- 

 tance from each other, who communicate to it a swinging 

 and dipping motion, and so raise water from the small canal 

 into the reservoir. 



F. Cross section of the same. 



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