'Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views.' [‎52] (79/372)

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GENERAL INDEX.
Gendah, a village, India, ix. 85.
General Godwin, a ship, xv. 70.
^Geneva, the lake of, its dimensions,
xii. 9.
Genghis Khan, xvii. 54.
Geographers, Arab and Persian, Il
lustrations of, by James Bird,
Esq., ii. 58* ; the study of geography
and astronomy encouraged in the 7th
century by the khalifs of the house
of Abbas, 58 ; “ A1 Majisti,” the title
of an Arabic translation of the work
of Ptolemy, 59 ; account of an Arabic
geographical work entitled “ Masalik-
wa-Mamalik ”—its age, author, and con
tents, 59-61 ; notices of the most cele
brated Arab geographers—the Khalif
A1 Munsur, 61 ; A1 Mamun, 61, 62 ;
the religion of the Sabeans, 63, n.;
the historian Abul Hassan Ali, 64 ;
Arab intercourse with China, 64;
Arab princes, 65 ; Arab language, 66;
Abul Rihan Mohammed, a distin
guished mathematician, 66; the
Sharif-al-Edrisi, an illustrious geo
grapher, 66, 67 ; Portuguese naviga
tion of the Atlantic, 67; Persian
•literature, 68 ; an Arabian observa
tory, 69 ; account of a curious cos-
mographical work, 70 ; Abulfeda, a
distinguished geographer, 70, 71 ;
Ibn-al-Wardi — sources of the geo
graphical knowledge possessed by the
Arabs—Alagh Beg, 72, 73 ; Arab
knowledge of navigation, &c., 74.
^'Geographers, deaths of distinguished,
vi., 30.
Geographical and Commercial View
of Eastern Africa, by James Bird,
iii. 112, et seq. See Africa, Eastern.
Geographical account of the country of
Balkh, in Persia, ii. 63, et seq.
Geographical information, hints for col
lecting, i. 364-370.
Geographical nomenclature, confusion
of correct, by the Arabs, x. 96, 97,
and n.
^Geographical research in 1854-55, ac
count of, xii. 74-85.
^Geographical research, on the instru
ments mostly employed in, xii. 21-24.
Geographical Society of Bombay —its
origin, objects, and supporters, i. 1-4;
is liberally supported by Government
and the Governor-General, 5-18; its
first office-bearers, 4. See Meetings
of the Geographical Society of Bom
bay.
Geographical Society of Bombay— con
tinued.
^Library regulations, xvii. 8.
*List of donors, xvii. 15.
*List of honorary members, xvii.
12 .
*List of members, xvii. 10.
*List of office-bearers, xvii. 9.
*List of public institutions to which
the Transactions of the Society
are presented, xvii. 13.
*List of societies and institutions,
xvii. 16.
Geographical Society, Royal, report
from the council of, i. 265 ; letters
from, 268, 271.
^Geographical Society, report on the
instruments belonging to the, viii. 76.
Geographic, Societe de, Paris, letter from
the, to the Geographical Society of
Bombay, congratulating it on its for
mation, and promising to transmit
the volumes of its transactions from
Paris as they appear, i. 109, 110.
^Geography, physical, interesting infor
mation regarding, ix. 78-110.
"^Geography, physical, of India, account
of the, xiv. 6-20.
Geography, Physical, of the Red
Sea, Account of the, by Dr G. Buist,
xiv. 1-46.
Geography, utility of the study of, iv.
177, 178.
^Geological papers, a list of, to be found
in different scientific journals, ix.
79 w.
Geological Survey of the Belgaum
Collectorate, Reports on the, by
Lieutenant Aytoun, xi. 1; descrip
tion of the general geological features
of the country, 1-7; account of the
gold found in the soil, and of the
goldyvashers, 4-7; geological structure
of the basin of the Mulpurba, 8; the
Kupputgood Hills, 12; various dia
grams illustrative of the geological
formation of the hills, 13-16.
Geological Report on the Bagulkot,
AND PART OF THE ADJOINING TaLOOKS
of the Belgaum Collectorate, by
Lieutenant Aytoun, xi. 30; general
description of the district, 31-35; first
sandstone range, 35 ; second sandstone
range, 38 ; third sandstone range, 40;
limestone valley of Bagulkot, 42,
calcspar brecchia, 44; section show
ing the quartz sandstone and schis
tose clay about three miles south ot