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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [550] (594/733)
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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550
NAVIGATION OF THE
IS
western point in lat. 24° 8' 50' N., long. 55° 43' 20 // E. This island L
situated on the southern side, at the upper part of Khore el Bezzim and
the northern part faces the sea. It is thirty-two miles in length,' and
about seventy in circumference ; is formed of low sandhills, except at
the eastern end, where it is more rocky, and has several groves of
mangrove trees.
Rug Rug Zoikean.
This bank is in lat. 24° 48' 40" N,, long. 53° 50' 42' / E., the centre
composed of hard sand, and broken rock ; least water three and a half
fathoms ; shoalest point in lat. 24° 47 / 20" N., long. 53° 52' 45" E.; the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
over it irregular, from eight to three and a half fathoms.'
Arlat Umbarras.
Arlat Umbarras is a low sandy isle, on the edge of the inshore reef.
Its north point is in lat. 24° 25' N., long. 53° 35' 50" E.
Arlat Owhale.
Arlat Owhale is another low sandy island, in lat. 24° 28 / 10" N
long. 53° 34' 10" E. Its southern end is on the edge of the offshore or
Walker's Reef, nearly opposite to Umbarras; the inshore channel being
formed between them, having from six to eight fathoms.
Walker's Reef, or Fasht Owhale.
The inner part of this reef commences at Owhale, and runs up to the
northward to lat. 24° 35' N. nearly, and long. 53° 38'E.; then runs
nearly due east and west, its north-western point being in lat. 24° 35'
N., and long. 53° 20' E. ; its south-western point in lat. 24° 29'40" N.
long. o3 19 30 E. Phis dangerous reef is dry in many parts at low-
water, but will always be seen in the day-time. To avoid it, I should
recommend a vessel leaving Abobthabee to steer a course direct for
Zerchoa, and in passing the reef not to come under seven fathoms, as
there are six fathoms close to the edge.
East India Company's Islands.
East India Company's Islands, from Jazeerat Jehnany, southern
pomt in lat. 24° 10' 35" N., long. 53° 38' E., to Bezzim el Gurabee,
the western in lat. 24° 18' 40" N., long. 53° 12' 10" E, consist of Jeh-
nany, three others without names, and Bezzim el Gurabee. These, with
Jazeerat Billyaird and the reefs, which connect the whole with each
other from the northern side of Khore el Bezzim, and on the outside
from the inshore channel, are low, in some parts rocky, and most of
them covered with wood, but none of them contain any water.
Cape Meriton.
poS^r- in lat - f 4 " 7 ' 40 " N " lon - 53 ° 33 ' 50 " E - is * low, tooky
point on the main, on the sonthern side of Khore el Bezzim.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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