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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎475] (517/733)

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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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BENIYAS. 475
crying 'Alia Akbar ai Kaffer.' Some were seen in the act of attempting
to throw grapnels into us, but were immediately shot. About ninety or
a hundred men rushed towards the head, with their long spears, which
touched our quarter, for the purpose of boarding us, in which they
failed, having met with a most destructive fire from small arms. There
must have been at least two hundred men in this vessel, and they
presented a most formidable phalanx, with their towering spears. Very
serious damage must have been sustained by these vessels, as large
splinters were seen flying in all directions. Immediately after passing,
about ninety men jumped overboard from the tow, and were picked up by
the Shaikh's vessel, who hoisted her sail, and stood to the northward
accompanied by one of the Buteels, which afterwards parted En
deavoured to close with him, but he outsailed us. Shifted the bow gun to
the bridle port, in the hope of being enabled to cripple him, but without
effect, the shot falling short. The remainder of the boats hauled up for
the abandoned Bnggalow, and stripped her of her sail, and some other
small articles, and then stood to the SW. At 9 o 'clock observed the chase
heaving overboard some articles that we could not make out. The wind
decreasing, plied his sweeps, by which he gained. Lowered the two
cutters, sent them ahead to tow, and got out the longest oars for sweeps
but without effect. We continued the chase until sunset, when he
rounded the eastern point of Polior, about Ave miles ahead of us. Hav!
mg lost SJ S ht of her ' and ni g h: coming on, deemed it advisable to give
over the pursuit in our present direction, and hauled up to the south
ward, in the expectation of meeting with her at daylight; which not
doing stood on for Aboothabee, and about 8 a. m . of the 17th discovered
the abandoned Buggalow Large trading vessel. , and stood for her. At 10 o'clock observe,I
a raft, with men waving flags, about five miles to the eastward Sent
an officer to take possession of the Buggalow Large trading vessel. , who found eight 'bodies
on her deck, and committed them to the deep. Sent the pinnace to the
raft, who found nine men on it, and brought them on board On
examining them, they stated that they were part of the crew of the
Buggalow Large trading vessel. we had taken possession of, called the belonging o
Congoon; had been forty days from Mangalore, when she was cfptured
by the fleet we found her with, near Koong, four or five days a»o • the
crew consisted of forty originally,-a few arc supposed to have escapld
but the others and Nakhoda were put to death ; that the mode of intend'
ed attack was to board us in passing between the two Buggalows in dif
erent points, and that they were confident of success. They boasted
of having large vessels of oil boiling for the purpose of dippL „!
when taken. They had no idea of the effects of a hlT 1 /
32-pounders, and were completely paralysed ; so much so that fh ''r "
to fire themselves, and immediately jumped overboard Salim staLsThat

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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)
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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.

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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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