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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [612] (656/733)
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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612
NAVIGATION OF THE
long. 50° 23'E. Its widest part is two and a half miles over, and
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
two to four fathoms. It is composed of rocks and sand.
Fasiit el Nowah.
The eenU-e of the dry part of Fasht el Nowah is in lat. 26° 32' 10* N,
long. 50° 19' 30" E. It extends N. by W. and S. by E. five miles, its
widest part east and west being three and a half miles. It is more
than half dry, and the other part has one to two fathoms on it. It fronts
Kateef Bay, and there is a channel with four and five fathoms water
between it and the Fasht el Yarron, or Teignmouth Shoal.
Rocky Bank.
The centre of a rocky bank, with
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
from nine to ten fathoms,
and eighteen to the northward and fifteen to the southward, is in
lat. 2(3 oS' 50" N., long. 50° 49' E. It has no danger.
Rocky Bank.
Another rocky bank, with over-falls from six to twenty fathoms on its
centre, lies in lat. 26° 54' N., long. 51° E. It extends to E. by N. and
W. by S. about six miles each way.
Overfall Bank.
Oveifall Lank is a rocky bank, extending from lat. 26° 48' N.,
long. 51° S' E., to lat. 26° 36 / N., long. 51° 45' E., and has
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
of from nine to twenty fathoms on it, rocky bottom.
THE PEARL BANK.
The i earl Bank commences at the island of El Kron, and continues,
y 111 ^ 111 breadth, to abreast of the town of Shargah. Its widest part
■ d 1 ^ 11 <ue ca ^ c< l Mandes Islands, and the narrowest off Jazeerat
-p , . ^ le 1 ^ c ' lest fishing grounds are what are usually termed the
a rein Banks: they extend from lat. 27° N., long. 50° E., to the
eastern end of Overfall Bank. The Overfall Bank is one of the richest,
. J " led ' n ^ ne weather, being deep water, and far off
r)earls'h neX 11 ^ ^' 0 ' lera ' 1 ^ an k, where some of the most valuable
the bnnl Ce i n 0l 1 lnd ' i ^ !)out t ' u ' ee thousand boats are at times out on
banks a"'/ 11 f ea 11 b0at contains five to fourteen men. As the
oanks are free for nl cr, oil
share in the fishery and it ' "r"'™ 6 Pe0ple of the G " lf lake 3
anchor anrtcoT " ! 115 an enlivening scene to see the boats at
empl0 y ed - The of the Pearl Bank
a patch of mud. 10 Th C01all ^. rock and sand >' a few places you find
twenty-two to four fathom^ 11 ' are ^ mOSt partS irre g ular ' from
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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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