'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.' [‎153] (180/372)

GENERAL INDEX.
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Sylhefc, India, account of a remarkable
hailstorm at, ix. 188.
Syria, on the Mediterranean, xvii. 55.
Syrian Desert, Narrative oe a Jour
ney across the, by Lieutenant H. A.
Ormsby, I.N., ii. 18+; from Baghdad
to Damascus—the start, 18, 19; the
first encampment, 20; the journey
resumed, 21; the country described,
21, 22 ; the town of Hit, 22-26 ; its
commerce, 24, 25 ; the journey con
tinued, 26-33; Mucksooreyeh, an Arab
village, 31, 32 ; the vale of Damascus,
32, 33.
Syud Shah Sikundur, a Mohammedan
conqueror, India, vii. 18.
Syud Thaweyni, the Imam of Muscat,
xv. 123.
Taballah, a town, Arabia, xi. 131.
Tabaniyo, on the Red Sea, iii. 140.
Table of the accelerations of the tides
for each hour of the moon’s transit,
xvii. 4.
Table of correction of the times of the
moon’s rising and setting for varia
tions of angular motion, xvii. 31.
Table of lunar semi-diurnal arcs for lat.
18° 54' N., xvii. 30.
Table of semi-diurnal arcs for every
degree of declination north or south,
for the latitude of Bombay, 18° 54'
N., xvii. 25.
^Taboos, or Thapoos, the ruins of, Persia,
vi. 175.
Tabreez, annual exports to, and imports
from Shirauz, xvii. 158.
Tabreez, the city of, Persia, xvii. 50, 53,
58, 60, 61, 248, 249.
Tab River, Persia, Account oe the,
from its Mouth to a Town called
Koot, by Lieutenant F. Whitelock,
I.N., i. 359; entrance to the river, and
fertile nature of the country on either
side, 359, 361 ; its productions, in
habitants, and trade, 361-364.
Taccazee, the, a river, Egypt, xv. 87.
Tadhana, a tribe, India, ii. 59.
Tagara, the town of, India, Arrian’s ac
count of, vii. 153.
Tago Bay, Japan, xvi. 20.
Tahrie, a town on the Persian coast of
the Gulf of Persia, account of the
ruins at, by Lieutenant Kempthorne,
I.N., i. 294.
Tahrie, the Ruins of, Narrative of a
Visit to the Supposed Site of the
Ancient City of Siraff, with an
Account of the Ancient Commerce
of the Gulf of Persia, by Captain
C. B. Kempthorne, xiii. 125; position
of the town, its wretched condition,
and appearance of the country in the
neighbourhood, 125, 126; account of
the ruins in the vicinity, 127; de
scription of ancient aqueducts and
grottoes, 128-130; conjectures as to
these ruins being the site of the ancient
Siraff, 131; curious legend of an old
woman and her cat, 132 ; account of
the ancient commercial importance of
the various towns on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
132-135; the country of Saba, 135;
description of the Arabian gum-trees,
136, 137; account of the ruins of
several other ancient cities on the
shores of the Gulf, 137-139.
Tahkal, the village of, India, x. 4.
Taimannis, the tribe of, India, v. 152.
Tajiks, a tribe, India, v. 56.
Taji, the district of, Persia, x. 55.
Tajoora to Ankober, Journey from,
by Assistant-Surgeon Kirk, vi. 324;
description of the bay and town of
Tajoora, 324 ; the inhabitants, their
dress and mode of life, 325 ; prepara
tions for journey to interior, 326, 327;
from Tajoora to Bahr Assal, 327-330;
description of the salt lake of Assal,
331-333; two servants slain by the
Bedouins, 334 ; account of various
hills and plains passed during a por
tion of the journey, 335-342; account
of the station of Kilulloo, 342, 343;
the journey from thence to Ankober,
344-355; itinerary of the route, 356 ;
astronomical observations taken be
tween Tajoora and Ankober, 357;
barometrical and thermometrical ob
servations, 363; distribution of the
tribes between Tajoora and Shoa, 368;
observations to determine the longi
tude of Ankober, 368-373; report on
the magnetic variation The angular difference between true (or geographical) north and magnetic north. at Ankober,
373.
Tak, account of the country of, and its
chief, India, v. 122.
Tak in Daman to Peshawer, Narra
tive of a Journey from, through