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'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.' [‎54] (81/372)

The record is made up of 1 volume (339 pages). It was created in 1836-1864. 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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GENERAL INDEX.
Geology— continued.
Rajpeela Hills, India, ii. 7 4*.
Runn of Kutch, the, India, xvi. 1-6,
22-29.
Scinde, India, i. 30; vi. 191 204.
Satpoora Mountains, India, ix. 69..
Tajoora, the bay and town of, Africa,
vi. 325-327.
Wagur, the eastern portion of Kutch,
India, xvi. 7-9.
Yemen, a country in Arabia, ii. 41-
53*.
Geology of Bombay, by Dr Buist, x.
167; description of the island, 167-
169; basalt from Malabar Point to
Mahaluximee, and so by Bandora to
Bassein, 170; trap, mostly greenstone,
from the Prongs, through Colaba, &c.,
on to Sion, 171-174; the centre of the
island, 174-177; detailed description
—lagoon formation, 177 ; evidences of
an upheaval and depression all along
the shores of India, probably of the
world, 177; littoral concrete, or shell
gravel deposit, 179; blue clay, with
kunkur and mangrove roots, 181;
lower alluvium—yellow earth, 189;
red earth—decomposed trap, 191;
erratic masses, 194; fresh-water, beds
alternating with trap, 195 ; the Love
Grove beds, 197; the Byculla Club
beds, 200; the Chinchpoogly and
Parell Hill beds, 201; Sewree, or
■ lowest sedimentary rocks, 202; the
chert dyke of Sewree and Maloonga
Hill, 204; trap, and pseudo-trap rocks,
205 ; lines of junction, 208; supplies
of water, 209 ; account of the geology
of Bombay in the Madras Literary
Journal, 212 ; notes—evidences of a
general upheaval of the land all along
the shores from Suez to Arracan, 215;
building stone, 217; description of
kunkur, or the new fresh-water lime
stone of India, 220-225; selenite or
gypsum, 225-231; laterite, 231-238.
Geology of Lower Egypt, on the,
Especially of the Portion betwixt
Alexandria and Cairo, and Cairo
and Suez, by George Buist, LL D.,
F.R.S., xv. 1; appearance of the Medi
terranean shore of Egypt, 1; Lake
Mareotis, 1 ? 2 ; the delta of the Nile,
4 ; description of the nummulite rocks
in the neighbourhood of Cairo, 6;
travertine on the nummulite, 7; newer
sandstone—petrified forest, 8; the
nummulites, breccias, and raised I
beaches of Gibbel Ataka, 10; con
clusions as to the geology of Egypt,
12; the track of the Exodus, 13; a
forenoon in the desert, 16-18.
Geology of Lower Egypt, notes on the,
xv. 81, 197.
Geology of the Rock of Gibraltar,
on the, by Dr Buist, xiv. 46-50.
Georgia, a country, Asia, xvii. 58.
*Georgiana, a schooner, xvii. 103,118.
Georgiana, a schooner, xvii. 186, 187,
190.
Gerad Abdullah, a tribe, Africa, viii.
206.
Gerahee, a river, Persia, xvii. 45, 114.
Geraldine Roche, Egypt, xv. 49.
Geramha, a town, Persia, xvii. 43, 44,
115.
Geraneh, a town, Persia, xvii. 59,
Geree, a talooka or district of Katteewar,
India, vii. 40-91.
Gereh, a district, Persia, xvii. 179.
Gese, the island of, in the Gulf of Per
sia, its former commercial importance
and present ruinous condition, xiii.
138, 140.
Ghabbihu, on the Red Sea, iii. 140.
Ghandial, India, height above the sea,
(7459*8 feet,) ix. 346.
Ghanla, a talooka or district of Kattee
war, India, vii. 72-95.
Ghari Lala Beg, a village, Affghanistan,
v. 26.
Gharib, on the Red Sea, iii. 141.
Ghathir-al-Reshadeh, the canal of, Per
sia, ix. 260.
Ghayng, a town, Persia, xvii. 53, 55,
58.
Ghazeepore, a town, India, xv. 46.
Ghelan, a province, Persia, xvii. 58.
Ghern, a bay on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , xvii.
72.
Gherra, the ancient, on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
xiii. 137.
Gheshpur, a talooka or district of Kattee
war, India, vii. 72-91.
Ghilji tribes, the, of the Durani states,
Affghanistan, account of their ori
gin, history, mode of life, character,
government, and chiefs, v. 1 Gi
les.
Ghirdi, an Affghan village, v. 31.
Ghiramth, or Ghirampta, a city on the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , xvii. 138.
Ghiriska, a town, Persia, xvii. 60.
Ghob, a ferry on the river Chenab, xiii.
247.
Ghogala, the, a river, India, ix. 70.

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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.

Publication details: Printed for the Society by Ballantyne and Co., Paul's Work, Edinburgh, 1866.

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