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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [596] (640/733)
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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596
NAVIGATION OF THE
regular
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
all over until you approach the reef of Ras-ool-Cheroo
when you suddenly shoal from seventeen to ten, five, and four fathoms
under which depth a vessel should not go. There is no danger outside
five fathoms towards the island, or four fathoms on the spit, the channel
between these having from twenty-two to seven fathoms. The
narrowest part is between the island and Cheroo Reef, being there only
one mile wide. A course one-third over from the island, in passing
Ras-ool-Cheroo, will be found the best.
R as-ool -C heroo.
Ras-ool-Cheroo, in lat. 26° 41' SI'' N., long. 53° 36' 38^ E., is a
long, low, projecting sandy point, and forms the Bay of Cheroo. A
sandy reef runs off from it in a WSW. direction, with
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
of
from one and a half to five fathoms on it ; but there is no danger on it
in or outside three and a half fathoms, as it shoals after you are on it
gradually to that depth. Outside of six fathoms the water suddenly
deepens to ten, thirteen, and seventeen fathoms.
C heroo.
Cheroo village is in lat. 26° 42' 15'' N., long. 53° 46' 2" E. It is
situated at the bottom of a bay, formed by the Ras or Cape of the same
name. It contains about one hundred and fifty men, of the Abadaly
Tribe ; the Shaikh resides at another village inland. It was formerly,
as well as Inderabia, subject to Nakheeloo, but threw off the yoke about
eight months since. It is thg best anchorage in a north-wester in the
Gulf, and aflords tolerable supplies and water. It has a few trading
boats.
M ornington's S hoal, or S umburo.
Mornington's Shoal, or Sumburo, is in lat. 26° 32' 43" N., long.
53 46 2 E. It has not less than six fathoms on it, and deepens
gradually into twenty-two. It is about one mile long, and rather
more than half a mile broad, composed of sand and coral rock.
J ella A bade.
. • rella Ab:1 ' 10 is a small village, with several towers on the hill ovel
it, in lat. 20° 42' 39" N., long. 53° 46' 30" E. It is inhabited by
about three hundred men, of the Beni Ahmaade Tribe, has a few boats,
and affords small quantities of cattle and poultry. It has good water,
and is well sheltered from north-westers.
G hes, or K enn.
^^ h ^ n r^ 1 ^ aSt T Part of Ghes ' or Kenn > is in lat. 26° 33' V N., long,
v , • ' h 18 su bject to Charrak, and inhabited by about one
La his tH men ' . tbe A1 Ali Tribe ' 11 is Wel1 woo ded, and from the
e pre tiest appearance of any island on this side the Gulf. It
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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)
- 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.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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