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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [99] (141/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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FORTIFICATIONS —PIRATICAL POR'l S.
99
FORTIFICATIONS.
A square fort, with flanking round towers, built of rough stone and
coarse lime, capable of containing, in case of siege, from four to six
hundred men; with detached round lowers for the defence ot e
creek and landing-place, and to cover the wells that supply the inhabit-
ants with water* (situated usually at some short distance), ma ce up
the general features of Arab fortifications. The town consists of cadjan
huts, constructed of date sticks and mats, around the fort on every
side. Stone dwelling-houses are rare, and Shargah and Ras-ool-Khy-
ma can alone boast of them.
PIRATICAL PORTS.
The Piratical Ports one and all have their sites near a backwater, on
the spit of land formed by it and the sea.
R as R eccan to C assaab.
These backwaters afford perfect security to their largest boats (un
laden) during the stormy season. The line of coast on which they are
situated possesses no harbour of any description, and is, moreover,
uniformly exposed to the prevailing winds, which blow from the
north-west. The anchorage, too, is bad.
From Ras Reccan to Aboothabee is crowded with shoals, and other
obstacles to safe navigation.
A steamer may anchor off the several ports at a very short distance
from the shore, from three-quarters to a quarter of a mile, but a sailing
vessel could not take up such a position without considerable risk.
Aboothabee.
At Aboothabee it was ascertained by sounding that the Hugh
Lindsay (in July 1839) could have lain within pistol-shot of the shore.
Amulgavine,
The Hugh Lindsay, during the same cruise, anchored at Amulgavine
in six and a half fathoms, sand, three-quarters of a mile off the western
tower, south -western rocky point bearing SSE. ; town fort south
Appears quite safe, having six, five and a half, five, and four and a half
fathoms in shore of the vessel. The best anchorage is with the fort SSE.,
in five fathoms, as from thence a vessel may slip or weigh, and stand
to the northward or southward, with a beaming wind. The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
* The water of the wells throughout the line of coast, with very few exceptions, is exceed
ingly brackish, and unpalatable.
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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