'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.' [‎143] (170/372)

GENERAL INDEX.
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Semiramis, the, a steamer, xv. 54, 114 ;
xvi. 40-42, 46.
Semiroom, a district, Persia, xvii. 180.
Sena, a town on the river Zambeze, xvii.
260, 261.
SenafFer, an island at the entrance to
the Gulf of Akabah, its physical and
geological features, and allusions to,
by ancient writers, i. 151-153.
Sennabis, a village in the island of
Bahreyn, xvi. 41, 42.
Senow, a town, Arabia, viii. 112.
Sennaar, Africa, xv. 136.
Senneef, a valley, Arabia, i. 290; ii. 47.
Senneh, or Semneh, Egypt, xv. 4, 81, 82,
85-87, 90.
Senun, a village, Persia, xvii. 180.
Seonda, India, height above the sea,
(OOS’O feet,) ix. 345.
Seontara, India, height above the sea,
(572‘9 feet,) ix. 345.
Sepulchre on the Euphrates, account of
an ancient, viii. 291, n.
Serakha, the ruins of, Persia, supposed
to be the Silaki of Xenophon, x. 58-
60, and n.
Serampore, India, account of a remark
able hailstorm at, ix. 187, 188.
Serdaul, an underground room, used in
eastern countries as a protection from
the heat, xvii. 121.
Serhan Arsed Khan, a Persian military
dignitary, xvii. 182.
Seroor, on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , xvii.
245.
Serpicula verticillata, a beautiful aqua
tic plant, prevalent in tanks, Dr Car
ter on the habits of the, xii. Appen
dix, 9.
Serwaya, India, height above the sea,
(542'2 feet,) ix. 345.
Sesostris, the steamship, effect of the
hurricane of April 1847 on, viii. 8,
et seq. ; extract from the log-book of
the, 85-87.
Sesostris, a ship, xv. 98, 111, 114, 118,
( 119.
Seton, Captain, his account of an im
mense river called the Neelo, which
is said to discharge itself into the In
dian Ocean, xvi. 79.
Sestos, a steamer, xv. 75.
Setulioo, a talooka or district of Kat-
teewar, India, vii. 52, 96.
Sewallick range of mountains, xv. 9.
Sewan, a town, Arabia, xi. 131.
Sewari, India, height above the sea,
(1641'8 feet,) ix. 347.
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Sewazy, a branch of the Dehwar tribe,
vi. 119.
Sewee, a town and district, Africa, xvii.
287.
Sewreewudur, a talooka or district of
Oond, India, vii. 70, 94.
Sewun, a town on the Indus, ii. 30+.
*Seychelle Islands, general remarks on
the, with a particular description of
Mahe, the chief island of the group,
xvii. 25, et seq.
Seychelles, the, the Amirantes, and
other Islands and Groups of Is
lands Situated between the Equa
tor and 12° South Latitude ; and
between 45° and 75° East Longi
tude, by Major William Stirling,
ii. 22; the Seychelles consist of a
group of thirty-two islands, and were
named after a French minister of ma
rine, 22 ; first discovered by the Por
tuguese, and afterwards settled by the
French, 22 ; the principal islands are
named Mahe—the largest island, and
residence of the government agent—
Praslin, Silhouette, and La Digue, 23;
the sperm whale is found in the neigh
bourhood of the islands, 23 ; the cli
mate and natural productions, 24, 25 ;
and trade, 26 ; account of theAmirante
islands, 26 ; and of the Chagos Archi
pelago, 27; the islands of Coetivy,
Galegas, and Juan de Nova, 27; Pro
vidence island, and the Cosmoledos
group, 27 ; the islands of Assumption,
Glorioso, and Aldabra, 28; account of
the large island of Astova, 28; its ex
tent, and natural productions, 29; ac
count of the formation of coral islands,
30, 31.
*Seychelle Islands, account of the, by Lt.-
Col. Lewis Pelly, xvii. 25; their number
and coral formation, 26 ; account of
Mahe, the chief island of the group, 26;
its climate, natural productions, and
population, 27; description of Port Vic
toria, the capital of the island, 28 ;
the islands a dependency of the Mau
ritius, 29 ; their mode of government,
30; complaints of the inhabitants as
to their dependent position, 30; ac
count of a hurricane which visited the
islands, 31.
*Seychelle Islands, account of a hurri
cane at the, in October 1862, xvi. 89.
*Seychelle Islands, copy of the log of
the steamship Nepaul, showing the
course, force, and duration of a hurri