Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1934 (New Series)

(Public Lecture delivered al the Asiatic Society of Bengal on Friday the 318t of August 1934 and published with permission of she Director Zoological Survey of India.) In his account of the Fish and Fisheries of Bengal Francis Buchanan (afterwards Hamilton) records the following observtions unclet the general account of the fisheries of the Purnea District. [...] In the account of the Jessore Fisheries it is stated that The fish is kept fresh by the ingenious and simple device of perforating the bottom of the boat and confining the water which enters by means of two boards stretched from gunwale to gunwale. [...] Before the commencement of the journey the required quantity of water is taken from the natural haunts of the fishes through a perforation at the bottom of the boat. [...] Soon after the arrival of the boat in the fishing ground the owner of the boat loads it with a fresh supply and the Calcutta. [...] The purchase price of the fish is not known to these people for it is the concern of the owner of the boat.