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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎622] (666/733)

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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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NAVIGATION OF THE
long. 56° 29' 40 ,/ E. It is moderately high, and rugged, and has
seventeen fathoms water off it.
H as S herriat.
Ras Sherriat is the north point of a small cove of the same name It
is in lat. 25° 50' N., long. 56° 27' 10" E.; soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. off it seventeen
fathoms, hard rocky bottom.
D ooat S herriat.
Dooat Sherriat is a cove a mile and a half deep, about one mile wide
within, and one mile between the points at the entrance ; the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
twenty fathoms at the entrance, to four fathoms at the bottom.
J ibbul H uffar, or S ulky P eak.
Jibbul Pluffar, or Sulky Peak, is a high peak, in lat. 25° 4S / N, W
56° 24' So" E.
Remarks. From Dooat Sherriat to Khore Malak the land is full of
small indentures, some going three quarters of a mile in, and having
twelve to fifteen fathoms water, but otherwise of no note; outside
the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. are thirty to seventeen fathoms.
K hore M alak , N orth P oint.
The north point of Khore Malak is in lat. 25° 46' 40" N., long. 56°
26^ 30' E. It is a small cove, one mile deep, with eight and four fathoms
1 ". lt - thls ' 0 Ras Huffar the coastis steep, with soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. of from
thirty to fifteen fathoms.
R as H uffar.
T i Iufrar 'point of the cove of the same name, is in lat. 25° 43'
0 ., long. 06 22' 40" E. It is moderately high, the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. off
its point being ten fathoms. 5
D ooat H uffar.
Dooat Huffar is a cove running up north within the cape of the same
... t is a a mile wide, and two and a quarter long; the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
wi hm are regular, eight to five fathoms. This is the last cove off the
^ as-ool-Gchal; and at its southern point, Ras Saoote, in lat. 25° 41'
I n,//' r®' ,Vu 50 " E - ^ the ra "g e - this part of the
Icavin tl T ^ '- vma 1 ' 10 distance is only sixteen miles. After
continn^" 8 '' rT the countr y begins to be flat and cultivated, and
continues so until past Burka,
CURRENTS.
o n the stale t ! le W ' loIe coast 0 f Ras-ool-Gebal much depend
state ol the wtnd by which they arc influenced : when the'vind

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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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