Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, Volume 1Bombay Geographical Society, 1844 - Geography List of members in v. 1-2, 9-10, 15-18. |
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Page 125 - ... reside in wretched huts, within the walls of an extensive fort. They live together as one family, and are a poor and insulated race, bearing some resemblance to the tribe who reside in the vicinity of Ras Musandam, with whom (and in this they are singular) they maintain a friendly intercourse. They have a great aversion to mixing with their neighbours, and rarely ever visit the town of Kishm, though only six miles distant.
Page 76 - They believe also in the auspiciousness, or otherwise, of certain days for particular transactions, no undertaking of any importance to individuals or to the public, being entered upon without the priest being consulted to determine that point. During recitations in Arabic of passages from the Koran, which is a common practice, incense is kept burning, and when this takes place on board a boat, the crew are always careful to fumigate the rudder head and tiller before the fire is extinguished".
Page 301 - Before us lay a small swamp enclosed in a belt of lofty trees, which had evidently been formed by the superfluous waters of the spring close by flowing into a low hollow in the ground. It was not a single sheet of water, but was full of small islets, so much so that it appeared as if an immense number of narrow channels had been cut, so as to cross each other in every direction. These channels were literally swarming with crocodiles, and the islets and banks were covered with them also. 'The swamp...
Page 165 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Page 391 - Mahmud, pleased with their services in India, was determined to recompense them by giving them in perpetual grant any part of the country they chose. They fixed upon the district of Kaniguram in the country of the Waziris, where they settled.
Page 409 - originally a Turkish or Moghal nation, but that at present they are a mixed race, consisting of the inhabitants of Ghaur, the Turkish tribe of Khilji, and the Perso-Indian tribes dwelling between the eastern branches of the Hindu Kush and the upper parts of the Indus.
Page 68 - No old manuscripts with this character are preserved. One peculiarity in the alphabet is, that some of the consonants change their form according to the various vowel-sounds with which they are united, the construction of the letter being altogether different.
Page 117 - Persia frequently interrupted the route for very long periods, and the current of trade became diverted to the northern ports. It should still, however, be remembered that this route conducts, by one of the natural passes, into the heart of Persia ; for when Bushire, a few years ago, remained for some time in a disturbed state, commerce found its way again into this channel, and if that town had not been speedily restored to peace, Bunder Abbas would very soon have recovered a considerable portion...
Page 266 - It is stated that the expedition had two objects in view: first, thoroughly to investigate the physical and astronomical geography of the interior of British Guayana, and, secondly to connect the positions thus ascertained with those of Mr.
Page 210 - ... the anarchy and confusion that had extended to this part of the country, when many of the Kolies had neglected their fields, and many families had been destroyed. The money advanced was to be repaid to government by instalments at a very easy rate. The Kolies are much in want of such encouragements at present; for some of their fields are neglected, and others out of repair. The chief object ought to be to extend the number of their rice fields, which would ensure a more extensive cultivation...