THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF BOMBAY. Wll 



LIST OF FERNS GATHERED IN NORTH KANARA— {('out J). 



THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



OF BOMBAY. 



By W. F. Sinclair, C.S. 



( Read at the Society's Meeting on 23rd September 1890. ) 



The perusal of Mr. Hart's interesting paper on " Prehistoric Bom- 

 bay," suggests the following remarks: — 



If any one will take the latest and best chart of Bombay harbour, 

 he will find that the meridian of the Observatory — one of the highest 

 places on Kolaba Point — is that (within a few yards) of the Flag- 

 staff on Kamballa Hill, the highest point on Bombay Island Proper, 

 and very nearly that of Worlee Point, and so on to Dharavi, in 

 the north of the Salsette Islands, whence are said to have been 



