Some jurors thought it was from the bite of a serpent.ġ841, September 15 th. Lieutenant Montague, at Colaba, returning from mess, put his foot in a hole, received a slight wound which in twenty-five minutes carried him off. Nicol's residence and Vaucluse, " as good sport as a Mazagon tiger." - Bombay Gazette.ġ839, June 25th. A large hyena is prowling about Malabar Hill on the western side between Mr. At Colaba Ferry a huge shark was observed in proximity to some bathers.ġ830, January 13th. Prints of its feet were distinctly visible this morning.ġ828. A tiger on Malabar Hill came down, quenched his thirst at Gowalla Tank, and ran off over the hill between the Hermitage and Prospect Lodge. A large lion killed within eight coss from Ahmedabad.ġ822, February 9th.
They took away a herdsman driving his flock.ġ819, - There were in all only three deaths recorded in India of Europeans from snake-bites in the years 1817, 18.ġ820, December 23rd. One native's body they had sucked all the blood out of it, otherwise not eaten. The natives believe the tigers are human beings, and have gold rings in their ears and noses. riding towards the bungalows of General Macpherson on the Island of Salsette, near the village of Coorla, two tigers came out of the jungle as if ready to spring, crouched, and were observed to betake themselves to the jungles and hills of Powee, fifty yards in front of the horses.Īnd in this connection two persons on November 4th were carried off by two tigers from a native village nearly opposite to Powee, near the high road leading from Sion to Tanna. The Governor and most of the gentlemen of Bombay go annually on a party of pleasure to Salsette" to hunt the wild boar and royal tiger, both of which we found here in great plenty. A PALKHI WALA (PALANQUIN CARRIER)CAN BE SEEN SITTING NEXT TO THE PALKHI NEAR CHURCH STEPS.THE ROAD LEADS TO THE 'CHURCH GATE' OF THE BOMBAY FORT WALLġ783. When ice began to be manufactured in Bombay the Ice-House lost its purpose and was used as a godown until it was demolished years later. Between this building and the church, stands the domed Ice-House, erected by subscription in 1843 for the consignments of ice which were imported regularly and sold to the public. Hornby House, which initially began as a residence to the Governor Hornby, served as the Law Court until the late 1870s when it became the Great Western Hotel. The classic Georgian style Saint Andrew's or Scotch Kirk was completed in 1819. The Scotch Church stands in the left foreground, with Hornby House beyond. This is a view looking north along Apollo Street from the Apollo Gate towards the dockyards entrance on the right. Photographer: Scott, Charles Medium: Photographic print Date: 1850-THE ICE HOUSE NEXT TO THE CHURCH (DOMED STRUCTURE) WHERE ICE IMPORTED BY SHIP WAS STORED TILL ICE MAKING WAS DISCOVERED NEXT BUILDING IS LAW COURT Photograph from 'Views in the island of Bombay' by Charles Scott,1850s. Scotch Church, Court-House, and entrance to the Dock-Yard. At a turn of the road they beheld six headless men suspended by the legs from a tree - dacoits,
Fines like this soon put an end to the custom.īEGINNINGOn August 12th, 1799, Government ordered that no European should travel without a passport.īut, with or without a pass, four officers, in 1800, crossed over the harbour to Pan well, and proceeded to Chowk, twelve miles. In 1802 a young man of the name of Maw arrived by the Scales!) 1/ Castle, and immediately raised an action against Learmonth, the commander, for the hard treatment he had experienced during " Neptune's rites " on crossing the Line, having been soused, and shaved with dirty water, and otherwise tumbled about by the officers and sailors.
The Resolution, sliip of war, went to pieces under the Castle walls, and more than 100 craft and 500 lives were lost. Under Hornby's Battery, round the Castle sea face, as far as Fort George, were great heaps so completely dashed to splinters that not a trace could be discovered of any individual ship.
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