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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [610] (654/733)
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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610
NAVIGATION OF THE
Hargose.
Hargose is a small, sandy, and rocky island, surrounded by a reef of
rocks. It is at high-water not more than two hundred yards over. The
anchorage near it is bad, being hard rock and sand. It is in lat.
27° 55' 30" N., long. 49° 44' E.
El Kraing.
El Kraing is about three quarters of a mile long, and, like Hargose,
surrounded by a reef, extending off all except the south end, two and a
half miles. Under the southern end is pretty good anchorage in eight
fathoms, low-water, and you may catch good fish at this place. It is in
lat. 27° 42' 10'' N., long. 49° 51' 10 ,/ E.; variation 4° 55' W. in 1825.
El Krong.
El Krong is similar to the last; but within the reef, off, and surround
ing it, is a basin or boat harbour, in which the pearl fishing-boats
take shelter in bad weather. It is in lat. 27° 38' 10" N., long. 49° 51' 10"
E. Between this island and El Kraing is a safe channel, having ten
fathoms in it.
Zazarine, or Farsee.
Zazarine, or Farsee, is a small island, composed of sand and rock. It
is half a mile over, and is surrounded by a reef a mile off shore all round
it; it has bad anchorage in fifteen fathoms, mud. The island abounds
in fish, and is frequented by turtle. It is in lat. 27° 58' 40" N., long.
50° 8' 10" E.
Keyn, or Arabee.
Keyn, or Arabee, is in lat. 27° 46' N., long. 50° 9' 20" E. It is
similar in every respect to Zazarine, and has bad anchorage in eighteen
fathoms.
Jennee.
Jennee is a small sandy island, similar to the others, and surrounded
by a reef, having
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
round it from thirteen to seven fathoms;
the anchorage bad. It is in lat. 27° 20' 30" N., long. 49° 50' 15" E.
Yeredel.
leredel is rather smaller than Jennee, and the reef not quite so ex
tensive, with similar
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
; and is in lat. 27° 10' 30" N., long.
49° 53' 10" E.
Rocky Bank.
A rocky bank, having barely one fathom water on it, bears from El
4qo ^ twelve and a half miles, in lat. 27° 34' 20" N., long.
3 d 20" E., in its north-eastern part. It extends WSW. five and a
northTrn^ide 11 ^ ^ e ^ ht ^ at ^ oms close to it, sand and mud, on its
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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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