'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎364] (473/496)

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cateli a fish of any size It can cover, and that it is frequently thrown
without the string being on the arm. I saw a very fine eating fish called
the “ chah” caught in this way : the phar is also another fine fish in high
repute, and frequently caught in large numbers during the monsoon.
16. On the eastern side of the Grulf, some distance inland, a ridge of
sandhills extends from Jinjoora south, to Toonk north, clearly defining
the ancient limits of the Gulf, but up to which, in the present day, the
highest tides aided by the winds seldom reach.
17. Having had no means except the eye and a compass to test
the correctness of the chart, copy of which accompanies this paper, I
w r ould not assert it was free from errors, particularly as alterations must
be constantly going on where the substance acted upon by strong tides
and winds is of the nature described,—but on the whole, as far as I was
able to judge, I consider the chart will be found, as regards the islands,
creeks, and soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. , to be as true and correct as could be made with
out proper instruments or a regular survey, and certainly a vast im
provement on our present imperfect maps.
18. —-While sailing through the Hunstal channel, one of the boatmen
mentioned that himself and some others, fifteen or twenty years before,
were walking along the shore at low water when they discovered a
quantity of bones, which they considered belonged to the human frame;
one of which he described as the arm bone of a man from the ellow to
the wrist, and measured seven hauths or about sixty-three inches m
length ; and on laughing at him about this, he stoutly asserted the fact,
and that the bones of the ribs and knee-cap distinctly proved them to be
parts of the human frame, and that they had carried some of the bones
inland.
19. —It is probable these bones may have been the fossil remains of
some large marine animal, as he described them as hard like stone. He
also mentioned a boat having once been found near the same spot, over
which some fifteen or eighteen feet of mud and sand had formed.
20. —During the prevalence of the westerly winds, and at ebb tides, a
very heavy and rough sea arises near the southern entrance into the
Hunstal channel, so much so that no boats can anchor there, and s ion
they fail in getting inside, are obliged to run away for Jooria oi other
places.
21. —The leaves of the mangrove, called cher in this part of the
country, are in great demand as food for cattle during bad seasons, w r