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 SELLERS OF FISH. (339)

HESE women may also be Mohanas, wives of fishermen; but are not so designated in the official list, and the plate affords nothing that requires special explanation. They are coarse, hard featured women. One has apparently sold her stock, as her basket is empty, and she has risen; the other has still some fish to sell, and is seated behind her basket.

In the time of the Ameers a very considerable revenue was derived from the sale offish, and one in every ten was taken as a tithe. These dues have, however, been considerably reduced. Along the Mekran coast the dues levied by local petty chiefs seem to be very heavy and oppressive.