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Vikkur, a small seaport town of Sind,
vi. 204.
Villages and hamlets, list of, washed
away by the overflowing of the river
Indus, xvl 55.
Vincent, Dr, his remarks on an ancient
harbour on the coast of India, xvi.
Ill, 113.
Vinchoor, India, height above the sea,
(2267'1 feet,) ix. 348.
Vindiah Mountains, near Mandoo,
India, Note on Lacusterine Terti
ary Fossils from the, and on the
Period of the Elevation of that
Chain, by J. G. Malcomson, vi. 2>i5,et
seq. See Lacusterine Tertiary Fossils.
Vingar, a town, India, xvi.. 25.
Vindoor, a river, India, xvi. 100.
Vingorla, India, geological features of
the country in the neighbourhood of,
ix. 100.
Vingorlah, India, account of a meteor
observed at, ix. 215.
Vishu, a town, India, ii. 51.
Visit to the Hot Springs of Bosher,
near Muscat, with a Map Route,
by Lieutenant Stiffe, xv. 123-127.
See Bosher.
Vizagapatam,atown, India, xv. 37,38,110.
Vizerabad, a ferry on the river Chenab,
viii. 247.
Viziadroog, the port and fort of, India,
account of, vii. 141.
Viziers, state functionaries among the
Maldivians, account of, i. 71, 72.
Viper Island, one of the Andaman group,
xv. 115, 118.
Volcanic and earthquake phenomena,
from the equator to latitude 30° north,
and betwixt the meridians. See dia
gram at end of vol. x.
* Volcanic origin of Cape Aden, Red Sea,
ix. 95, n.
Volcanic island rising out of the Medi
terranean Sea, account of a, xvii. 233.
* Volcano near Edd, on the African shore
of the Red Sea, account of the erup
tion of a, xvi. 41-48, 58, 59.
^Volcano in the neighbourhood of Edd,
opinions on the dust emitted from a,
xvi. 43.
Volcano, account of the outbreak of a,
on the Zebayer Islands, in the Red
Sea, vii. 249.
Volcanoes, account of the origin of some,
ix. 93, 107, 108.
Volcanoes of India, on the, by Dr
Buist, x. 139 ; introductory remarks,
139-142 ; volcanoes in the Bay of Ben
gal, 142 ; Barren Island and its vol
canoes, 142; the island of Narcandam,
143; account of the four volcanoes on
the island of Chedooba, 145 ; Ramree,
147 ; Chittagong, 147 ; earthquakes
in Assam, 149; Lake Loonar, 150;
the Cutch volcanoes, 151; the Minora
Hills and the Lukkee Pass, 153 ; ac
count of the mud volcanoes, called
the Koops of Raja King Rama Chandea,
154; the mud crater of Bella, 155;
the hot springs of the Lukkee Pass,
156; volcanic structure of the country
in the neighbourhood of Aden, 157;
the Arabian shore from Aden to Ba-
belmandeb, 158-163 ; on the supposed
burying of great cities in Central In
dia, 163 ; on the supposed destruction
of Oujein, 165-167.
Volga, the river, xvii. 58, 59.
Volney, his remarks on the alteration in
the face of the country in Egypt, xv. 85.
Vender Decken, the Baron, a ship, xvii.
272.
Von Leibig, Dr G., xv. 19, 51.
Voravush, a town, India, ii. 53.
Voyage', Narrative of a, in Search
of the Crew of the Ship “ Charles
Eaton,” in 1834, by Commander G.
B. Kempthorne, viii. 210; departure
from Bombay, 210 ; description of
the Cocos or Kulling Islands, 210,
211; the voyage from Ceylon to Ho
bart Town, 211-213 ; account of the
town, 213-215; voyage to Sydney, and
description of the town, 215 ; descrip
tion of the Eastern Fields, or Barrier
Reef, of New South Wales, 216-218;
description of the Murray Islands, and
their savage inhabitants, 218-226; par
ticulars of the shipwreck, and recovery
of two of the survivors, 226-230; the
anchorage of the island, 230-232; the
formation of Torres Straits, 232 ; de
scription of the reefs and of Half-way
Island, 233-236 ; account of the York
group of islands, their geological for
mation and natural productions, 366;
account of Wednesday Island, its huts
and inhabitants, 368-371; Hammond’s
Isle, 371-373 ; Booby Island, 373 ;
Cape Croker, dangerous nature of the
navigation, 374, 375; Raffles’ Bay, the
land in the neighbourhood, and its in
habitants, 376-379; Croker’s Island,
379-381 ; description of Raffles’ Bay,
381 ; the island of Timor, 381; Co-