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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [582] (626/733)
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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NAVIGATION OF THE
F asht al M arinae.
The south point of Fasht al Marinae is in lat. 29° 56' 50" N., long.
49° IS' 55" E.
K hore A ranzal.
Khore Aranzal is a gut with one and a half and two fathoms at low-
water, running between the last-mentioned shoal and the main, leading
to the Bunah Island, where it suddenly deepens to seven and fourteen
fathoms.
S areema.
Sareema is a small cluster of
banian
Merchant of Indian extraction.
trees, at the upper part of a
bight, near Indian River, in lat. 30° 8' S?' 7 N., long. 49° 29' 13" E., and
forms the leading mark for boats bound to Indian River, \ariation4 0
50' W.
E ntrance to I ndian R iv^gr.
The entrance to Indian River is in lat. 80° 15" N., long. 49° 32'
12" E. It is fronted by one extensive flat, dry at low-water. The town
of Indian is about thirty or thirty-five miles up the river, which winds
about for several miles near the beach, so that when you have gone
several miles up the river you are only a few hundred yards on the
opposite side of the bank which separates the reaches,
R asshiel B arkan.
Rasshiel Barkan is the south-western point of the flat that runs off
Indian River, and parallel with the coast easterly to long. 50°, where
it extends about a mile and a half off shore. It is composed of mud,
and in some parts patches of sand and clay. The Ras, or south -west
point, is in lat. 30° 1' 20" N., long. 49° 27' 50" E.
F unnel H ill.
Funnel Hill is a remarkable hill, on the high land of Ramus, in lat.
30° 21' 20" N., long. 50° 1' 55" E.
D ooat D ellim.
Dooat Dellim is a bight, formed at the head of the Gulf above Dellirn,
and affords good anchorage in a north-wester, and tolerably good in
a south-easter;
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
from three to four fathoms at low -water;
bottom soft mud.
S hahiel S haw.
Shahiel Shaw is a village, with a fort, situated in lat. 30° 4' 20" N.,
long. 50 11' 18" E., and now" enjoys the trade with the inland parts for
grain formerly centred in Dellim. There is a small creek here, which
forms a harbour for the boats.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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