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GEOLOGY OP BOMBAY.
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itsnama from a gigantic stone image of Kapila muni, which leans against the
bank half bnneri in sand. S
« The quantity of antiques collected amongst the mins of Indian cities has always
e med to me a subject of wonder. The supply from the old Oujein is so constant
seem
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,d plentiful that the natives call the place by the appropriate name of ifozodr
i Saddbirt, and it is in truth a never failing charity for the i, dust,ions noor In
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idle diiys of the rams the digging begins. Tlie principal tin-g S found are
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cornelian,) and a few women’s ornaments ; copper coins are ’numerous^ ne^
p urn her are the debased silvei 0 uzCTccti ones. Pure silver rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. seem scarce
net a o - - - r mi iouuu are
h,SS stone, and wooden, beads, smad jewels of little value, seals, (agate and
. ^ And a few women’s ornnmpnte • pnnnor v & . .
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number are tiie aeoaseu suvei uuzerati ones. I'ure silver rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. seem scarce and
gold mohurs are either secreted and melted when found, or they but rarely re
gard the searcher, for I was only able to procure one, and that a doubtful specimen.
^s the pilgrims carry away with them, as relics, what has been dug out of the
Junti-garh, the meichan s mix with the real antiques every old bead or piece of
copi er which has an ancient look, and pass them off as genuine on the unsus
picious natives. One man brought me a large heap of copper seals or plates of
c h;ip;asses which had engraved on them modern Musalman and Mahratta names,
and was ready to take his oath that they had been dug up, which perhaps they
were, for he had probably funed them that they might have the appearance at
least of age. Steatite ‘ are also frequently brought for sale, some of
them as old-looking as if they had really been buried with the city.’’ Journal of
the Asiatic Society of Bengal, pp. 851-54.
Art. IY,— Geology of Bombay. By Dr. Buist.
Description of the Island *—The Island of Bombay is one of a
multitude on the North-Western shore of Hindoostan, which varying
from a few yards to above a hundred square miles in area, fringe the
It is somewhat singular that there should so lately, have been so much uncertainty about
the position of Bombay. In the Anniversary Address to the Royal Geographical Society, in
lh43, Mr. Hamilton stated that the ioniiitude of Suez had been set down by Captains Carless
and Moresby at 32° 3d', this being on the assumption that Bombay was 72° 57' 40" E. as given
Toy Horsburgh, but that Mr. Goldii gham had subsequently made Bombay 72° 5R 36", irom
Lunar and Satellite observations. Captain Thuiliier gives the following latitudes and longi
tudes ot various points in Bombay from the records of the Trigonometrical Survey, and this
these appear to have been determined by Captain Jacob before i840 : —
Lat, North,
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Observatory.. ... ..
Lighthouse .. .. ..
St. Thomas's Cathedral..
Long. Last.
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Lyculla Church..
Butcher’s Island Tower...
18 53 45
18 53 40
1* 55 50
18 58 5
18 57 31
72 51 14
72 51 10
72 52 30
72 52 23
72 56 41
XYr i ... vs vr ••• ••• ••• •• ••• JO ^ 4 OA J A U 41
we have the fol owing longitudes and latitudes for Bombay, meaning in general the
observatory or the light house :—
Horsburgh, 1817..
Goldingham,... #
Cogan’s Chart..
Captain Shortrede, Trig. Survey.. ,
Captain Jacob, Trig. Survey. 1840.,
Mr. Orlebar, Obs.sKeport 1845..
onto ditto 1846..
Long.
7*°57 / 40"
72°54 / 36"
72 0 54'24"
72°51 / 15 , 6 /f
72°5l / l4"
72°52 / 30"
72 0 49'45*
Lat.
I8°53 / 45 ff
l8 0 53 / 27"
18°55’42 ,f