Bombay and western India, a series of stray papers; . - ? o he . \ /- < 1- 15 [•V^ < *;?• u; \ y ? ^n- H. 212 ELEPHANTA. As we leave tlie Apollo-bandar aud look behind us we arereminded of the words in the old Gazetteer: Bombay is a low-lying place, but you must not emphasize the words, or you\\ill run into inevitable mendacity. It is high tide, and weseem almost to stand on tip-toe to get a look at it, or, likeMUtons sun, pillow our chin upon an Orient of Paidhoni and the feet-washing there in olden days(for our readers will recollect that at high tide a great portionof the
Bombay and western India, a series of stray papers; . - ? o he . \ /- < 1- 15 [•V^ < *;?• u; \ y ? ^n- H. 212 ELEPHANTA. As we leave tlie Apollo-bandar aud look behind us we arereminded of the words in the old Gazetteer: Bombay is a low-lying place, but you must not emphasize the words, or you\\ill run into inevitable mendacity. It is high tide, and weseem almost to stand on tip-toe to get a look at it, or, likeMUtons sun, pillow our chin upon an Orient of Paidhoni and the feet-washing there in olden days(for our readers will recollect that at high tide a great portionof the native town is under sea-level) come across us: so theproverbial tidal wave would make short work of it. So, nodoubt, would an earthquake. But tliere have been no earth-quakes in Bombay during the historic period, as Dr. Wilsoninformed us, and we believe him, albeit we read under date ofBombay, 27th May, 1648, of a hellish hurricane so called byPortuguese writers, accompanied by an earthquake. Theearthquake at Matheran some ten years since was a veryjuvenile effort, as it merely rumbled under the beds of
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