( 110 ) 
Method of Use : The net is taken out in a catamaran and 
gradually spread, and then the fisherman lets go. In this way 
all the fish in the area covered by it are captured. 
Also known as Kavi valai at Kankesanturai. 
(See Elana del, Weligama.) 
106, — Elana dela (Sinhalese). 
Locality : Weligama district. 
Description : A large net made exactly as a Wesi dela. but 
much too large to be classified as a " casting net." It has a 
radius of 45 feet when expanded. Mesh, \\ inch. Made of 
fine white thread. 
Method of Use : The net is taken out in a boat. Bit by bit 
the weighted edge is dropped overboard and the boat meantime 
describes a circle. Thus the ultimate position of the net in 
the water is the same as that of an ordinary Wesi dela. 
Not the same as the Elana dela of Lunawa. 
The same as the Ahurana dela of Tangalla. 
(See Suda valai Kankesanturai, No. 105.) 
107. — Ahurana dela (Sinhalese). 
Locality : Tangalla and Hambantota. 
Description : This is apparently the same as the Elana dela 
of Weligama. 
108.— Parakuda (Tamil). 
Locality : Point Pedro. 
Description : A fish basket with four entrances. (See 
Fig. 21.) Same as Ooddikuda at Kankesanturai. 
There is also another kind of trap with one entrance (see 
No. 113, Ora Kuda.) 
At Kayts the fish basket of this name has only a single 
entrance like the Ora kuda of Batticaloa. 
