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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [38] (75/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. 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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38
MOGOO LARRACK CONCLUDING REMARKS.
fathoms, tough clay; the points which form the bay SE. by E, i E to
W. by N.
Against a SE. Wind. —Polior S. i W. to S. by W. ^ W., offshore three
quarters of a mile, in six and a quarter fathoms, tough clay.
Th& Shoal between Polior Island and Mogoo Ray. —The marks of this
shoal, as taken by Mr. Smart, Master of His Majesty's ship Caroline, in
January 1810, are by compass ; the island of Polior S. i W. to S. by
W.iW.; extremes of the Persian land NW. byW. to ENE. ; the
Eastern fall of Charak Hill, in one with the two points of the eastern
boundary of Mogoo Bay, which in the charts is improperly called Cape
Bestian, NNW. and NW. byN. These bearings were taken from a
boat. The shoal is composed of coarse sand and shells.
The remainder of the coast I have scarcely visited, indeed some
ports T have never seen ; but from every information I could gain,
I have no doubt that it is generally free from dangers as high as
Congoon.
LARRACK ISLAND.
Captain Wainwright, of His Majesty's ship Chifonne, from whom,
and from Lieutenant Tanner, of the Honorable Company's Marine, I
have selected all the hydrographical details exhibited in the course of
this Report, describes Larrack Island as about five miles long, and
our broad ; of tolerable height, barren, and with very few inhabitants.
He then proceeds thus " It lies nearly NNW. of the Great Quoin,
at about seven leagues distance, its southern point being near the
at. of 26° oO' N. There is no danger within half a mile of the shore.
lsland has near its ^ntre a small volcanic, conical hill, the
most perfect in its form I ever saw."
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
The extreme general sterility of those parts of the continents of
Persia and Arabia which confine the intervening Gulf has contributed
to present to the view of its Natives the life of a freebooter in a more
inviting form than could have been given to it had they been situated
in a country of greater resources. But this reflection, however it may
be admitted as a slight extenuation of their guilt, can never wholly
excuse it, particularly when it is known that previous to these piratical
pursuits, which are almost the growth of the present century, an exten
sive and lucrative commerce first gave them a fleet, and a band of able
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
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The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
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Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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