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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [580] (624/733)
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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580
NAVIGATION OF THE
Gufgah in thirteen to fifteen or sixteen fathoms, according to the time
of tide, and the tail of the Abadan in four to five fathoms, when a course
west, if a flood tide, will bring you on the Abdoolla Bank, two and a
half or three fathoms low-water, which is a fair berth for anchoring if
the lide is not favourable for entering the river, as from this you can
always run into Khore Abdoolla if it comes to blow hard from the SE.,
at which time no pilot will cross the bar.
A li M eidan.
Ali Meidan is an extensive flat of mud and sand, extending from lat.
29° 46' N., long. 48° 46' SCT E., to lat. 29° 55' N., long. 49° 5' E. From
the shore the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
are from seven fathoms on the southern part to
two fathoms at five miles off shore. The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
on this flat are
regular, which has got it the name of Meidan : they scarcely vary,
except at the edges, in the same parallel, all over the bank. The pilots
always try to cross the bank in four or five fathoms, when bound to
the river.
K iiore B ameshebe.
The western point of Khore Bameshere is in lat. 30° N., long - .
48° 38' 50" E. ; the eastern in lat. 29° 59' 30" N., long. 48° 44' 30" E.
It was formerly used by trading vessels, and was navigable a consi
derable way up ; but is now blocked by a bund near the Haffar Canal.
It runs in from the Ali Meidan, the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
not varying more than a
quarter of a fathom, until you get as high as lat. about 29° 51 A 30"' N.,
when they deepen to five and seven fathoms, according to the time of
tide, and decrease again to three and four fathoms at low -water as you
near the points.
K iiore S eledgb.
Khore Seledge is a small river, whose entrance is nearly blocked up.
It is in lat. 29° 59 / 20 // N., long. 48° 46' E., and runs into the Karroon.
D orakastan.
Dorakastan is the land formed between the Bameshere and Bunda
Monsure. Khore Seledge and Khore Dorakastan run through this
trench, which is little more than a mudbank. The part to the east
ward of Khore Dorakastan is named Bussaaf.
K hore D orakastan.
Khore Dorakastan is a small river, running into the Karroon ; it has
one fathom at the entrance, at low-water, and three and four fathoms
inside. Its entrance is in lat. 30° 1' 20'' N., long. 48° 54' 30'' E.
K hore M oosa.
The entrance toKJhore Moosa, or Moses, is in lat. 29° 57' 10" N., long".
49 4 E.,ajid runs up to the northward ujitil it reaches Bunda Monsure,
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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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