114 Production of Isinglass on the Coasts of India, 



Pomfrets, and the Bummoloh, which latter, in a dried state, is 

 known by the name of the Bombay duck. Of these, the Indian 

 Mullet is the most widely distributed, being common in the Straits 

 of Malacca, the Bay of Bengal, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea, 

 also at the Cape of Good Hope. 



*' The bazars in Calcutta," Dr. Cantor remarks, " are always 

 stocked with an ample supply of dry fish, which is consumed partly 

 by the European and native shipping of that port, partly by the 

 poorer classes of Bengal, and the Upper Provinces. Cargoes of 

 this article are annually imported by the Burmese and the Arabs." 



But as no duty is levied on the importation, Dr. C. had been un- 

 able to ascertain the actual amount, which, however, from the infor- 

 mation he obtained from European and native merchants, he had no 

 doubt was considerable. By examination, he found these dried 

 fishes to consist chiefly of the Bummalos, the above named Siluroid 

 Fish, which sells in Calcutta at the rate of four or five rupees a 

 hundred, the Indian Mullet, the Sudjeh, the Begti, and the Kharrah 

 or Indian Mackerel. 



The demand for dried fish exists all along the Coasts of the 

 Peninsula, as the author, by examining the official accounts of the 

 commerce of the different districts of the Presidency of Fort St. 

 George, finds that dried or salted Fish is imported from Bengal, 

 Pondicherry, Ceylon, Travancore, Goa, Bombay, and Arabia, also 

 sometimes from the Maldives into Ganjam, Madras, Tanjore, Tin- 

 nivelly, and Canara, as will appear from the following table. Of 

 the quantity imported, a small portion, to the value of 1,009 rupees, 

 was taken into Mysore, and to the value of 1,087 rupees exported to 

 the Straits of Malacca. 



Salted and dried Fish, 

 imported into. Rupees. From. 



Ganjam to value of 5,377 Pondicherry, Bombay, Arabia, Cey- 



Madras ditto 7,921 ) Ion, and Travancore. 



Tanjore ditto 1,181 Ceylon. 



Tinnivelly ditto 3,512 Travancore and Malabar, by sea. 



Ditto ditto 69,590 Travancore, by land. 



Canara ditto 6,037 { B ?.^ M P ™ dicherl 7 b ? 



Ditto ditto 3,625 Goa. bv land. 



