'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎115] (157/733)

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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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route from hoofoof to kateef-
• GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 115
Remarks.
Distance.
Miles. Furls.
15
12 0
Third Bay's March. ^ ^ r „
£ th ^:ri«r"- ome
the first six miles ' nliiner the hillocks dwindling into small
march; it then hecom P 1 ' sma ll plain is entered. The
monnds, and ahont four miles ar t the M „ nz ii good. From
sand, however, is rather deep. J ate a f ulldel . wood for fires
some stunted shrnhs near the Mnnnl a supply
was generally obtainable.
Fourth Day's March.
From the Mnnzil to a Bate Gro. , ^
HawfMhaifan ffiedate
trees, where there is a « ne s P nn ? ^ ^ an d a half—The ground is
From the Date Grove to Kateef ^ ^ ^ ^ the left) wi th the fort
good all the way to Kate . Aftev ,yards enter date groves, with
"d, —
villages arrive at Kateef.
General Observations.
In calculating the distances ^"in"the'hour: but
ii ■ assumed that a aamel dialancas af
— -
miles - + V nt bv Oiair is preferable, provided carriage
Of the two routes, that y J ld b req uired to accompany
can he obtained. Camels, vvUh Wd be ^ ^ not
an expedition by either route an = f , nec e S sary to transport
very plentiful at that place, it might
it from Bahrein. , f a j[ en which had rendered
A few days before, some heavy ra n "11^ but even
the sand much ^ry would have been a matter of
then the transport of light am y
great labour. f q - ir to Hoofoof, and four
0 Two days were taken up on the road from ja
from the latter place to Kateef.

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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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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/732
Title: 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎115] (157/733)

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