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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [602] (646/733)
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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002
NAVIGATION OF THE
B omosa.
The Peak or Saddle of Bomosa is in lat. 25° 55' N., long. 55° 8'50"
E. This island is low, except the remarkable saddle peak, and some
small hummocks. It is surrounded by a reef near a mile off, and indif^
ferent anchorage may be found under it.
Bassadore.
The Point of Bassadore is in lat. 26° 39' 10" N., long. 55° 22' E. It
is the north-western point of Kishm Island, and bears N. 17° 20' W. from
the south-west point of the island, and from the Great Tomb N. 4° W
true bearing. The variation of the compass was 3° 41' in 1827.
This place was once a flourishing Portuguese settlement, and the ruins
of the town are still in existence. In 1821, the force stationed in the
Gu f for keeping down the pirate tribes was removed to this place from
oallack, and was withdrawn in 1823; since when it has been the
head quarters of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Gulf. They have
a tolerable hospital and storehouses, and some houses occupied
occasionally by the commanders of the vessels stationed there. There
is a small bazar, and middling supplies. The place is the most healthy
on tie island of Kishm, but far from being a desirable station.
1° go into Bassadore from the southward with a fair wind, after the
rea omb bears SSE. J E., steer over the flat NW, by N. to NNW.,
1 in a avge ship; and while the Tomb is in sight, keep it SSE. until
Bassadore Pent bears NE. J E. ; then steer, keeping it a little open on
ie staiboard bow. If you deepen to eight or nine fathoms, edge over
ic noit ern bank until you begin to shoal again, keeping a good
look-out for the beacon on the point of the dry part of the southern bank,
and distant about thirteen hundred yards from the Point. You may
i } llk ' 1 at distance fiom a cable-length to a quarter of a mile,
when haul in for the anchorage abreast of the hospital, or a little above
in seven fathoms. You should be careful to be ready to anchor im-
edlately you are across the gut, which has twelve to sixteen fathoms
n, and is immediately without the anchoring ground.
in iV'T'TI fr0m th . e Great Tomb, there is a remarkable notch
m , , ^ 1 a , n 0 ^ P ers * an Coast, which, if seen, is an excellent
tear Ni xT ng u N - "y w - i W. by compass, until Bassadore Point
j ' NJl - I E., when proceed as above.
fla cW^ f T th ! SO,lthwa '■' , ' with a strong south-easter, cross the
fathom, L m o e0ted ' being Careful 1101 to under three
E bv N wh T g , et BaSSadore Point NE., and the highest hummock
Point bears abnnTiP k 01 at Wmd ' an ^ stan d to the northward until the
y and you shoal to five fathoms on the north
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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.
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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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- '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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