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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [594] (638/733)
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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694
NAVIGATION OF THE
a south-easter, but not under nine in a north-wester, as a heavy sea
drives right on for it.
A R emarkable S ingle T ree.
A remarkable single tree, on the higher land over Cape Nabon, is in
lat. 27° 20' 52" N., long. 52° 41' 27" E.
C ape N abon to S hewer.
From Cape Nabon to Shewer anchorage in lat. 27° 6' N., long. 53°
2' 12" E., the coast is steep, having in some parts twenty fathoms
within less than a quarter of a mile of the beach, and affords no place
for anchorage until you reach the place above mentioned, when you
can lay well sheltered in a north-wester, but quite exposed in a south
easter. The coast all along the port is one continued chain of rocky
cliffs, with here and there a small sandy bay of fifty or sixty yards in
length.
S hewer B ay.
Shewer Bay is a small bay, sheltered by a projecting point from
north-westerly winds, but quite exposed to south-easters. The best
anchorage is about eight fathoms, the Point NW. by W., off shore half a
mile. Shewer village, in lat. 27° 4' 10" N., long. 53° 9' 30" E., is a
small village, containing about one hundred men, of the Abualank
Tribe, and has a few fishing-boats. Good anchorage in a north-wester
will be found to the NW. of the town, in seven or eight fathoms.
S hewer to B unda U psaataan.
From Shewer to Bunda Upsaataan, in lat. 26° 59' N., long. 53° 17'17'
Fi., there is no town or village. Ships may anchor at every four or five
miles between these places, sheltered from north-westers. Bunda
Upsaataan is a deep bight, and affords good shelter in a north-wester,
in foui and a half or five fathoms, and in a south-easter the water
is quite smooth, the wind blowing over the land. In this bay is a small
town, called Tamba.
N akheeloo.
Nakheeloo is a town situated on a point, and has about eight hundred
inhabitants, of the Aboosemate Tribe. It has several trading boats
belonging to it. The Shaikh is independent, except of the Persian
Government. It is in lat. 20° 52' 13" N., long. 53° 22^ 32" E.
B usheab, or S haikh S haab I sland.
Busheab, or Shaikh Shaao Island (the village of Sazal, the north-east
end, in lat. 26° 48' 7" N, long. 53° 15' 20" E.), is twelve nautical
e^ an< ^ two and a half broad. It has nine villages, contains four
to tw ^ nt ^"^ ve men j of the Aboosemate Tribe, and is subject
ee oo. The principal village is Geeroot, near the south -east
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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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