FALCONER ON THE PERIM ISLAND FOSSILS. 



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Fulljames, of the Bombay Engineers, one of the earliest and most 

 successful explorers of the ossiferous beds of Perim Island. This 

 is the more called for, as considerable delay has occurred in the 

 description and determination of the remains which that officer 

 collected and transmitted to England several years ago. 



Perim* is a small island, situated in lat. 21° 31', in the Gulf of 



Long. 72° 30' E. 



Lat.22°N 



Lat. 22°N. 



Gulf of Cambay. 



Long. 72° 30' E. 

 Map of the District near Perim Island. 



a. Perim Island. e. Bhownuggur. 



b. Gopenaut. f. Cambay. 



c. Politana. g. Baroda. 



d. Gogah. h. Baroche. 



References. 



i. Surat. 



k. Tapty River. 



I. Nerbudda R. 



7)i. Mhye R. 



n. Gulf of Gutch. 



Note. Between the Nerbudda and Tapty rivers is the river Keem, the mouth 

 of which is seen, but whose course is not indicated on the map. 



Cambay, nearly opposite the estuary of the Nerbudda River, and 

 separated about 500 yards from the coast of Kattiwar in Guzerat, 

 by a channel which Captain Fulljames states to be 75 fathoms deep. 

 The island is about three miles in circumference, being from one 

 and a half to two miles in length, and in breadth one half to three- 

 quarters of a mile. The only particulars regarding its structure, with 

 which I am acquainted, have been given by Captain Fulljames and 

 Dr. Lush.f The highest point of the land is said to be not more than 

 60 feet above high-water mark. The western side presents cliffs 

 of conglomerate, of about 30 feet above the sea, " the upper strata 



* Captain Fulljames, Journ. Asiat. Soc. of Beng., vol. v. p. 289. 

 f Loc. citat. Lush, idem. vol. v. p. 767. 



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