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Orthography. Accents over letters are indicative of the proper pronunciation : a & ā have the sounds respectively of the first and second a in Mama : e has the sound of a in pale; i & ī the vowel sounds in bit & feet; υ that in full, ū that in fool & ai that in dry . Marks under letters indicate the Guzerathi letters from which they are derived, the dot anaswar over another letter.
Conventional signs. Trigonometrical stations & Points respectively ◬ & ⊙ or ô taluka boundaries, metalled roads, country roads, foot paths, cultivation, blank. Edge of cultivation, waste, Pahilas or in memoriam stones † numerals without an affix indicate trigonometrical heights in feet above mean sea level; thus 365. Numerals with the affix H indicate the number of houses in town or village whose name they are under, thus 472 H; with affix r they indicate the relative heights in feet of banks to beds of water courses, thus 12 r; with the affix b they indicate barometrical, and therefore approximate heights in feet. The latitude are referrible to Kalianpur Observatory viz. 26° 30' 55. Longitudes to Madras Observatory Old Value viz. 80° 17' 21 Heights to Dangarwari H.S. Deduced from the Diu Tidal Observations97.97 ft.
The most recent value of the longitude of Madras Observatory is 80° 14' 20, via Nautical Almanac for 1868, Consequently all longitudes in this map are liable to be diminished by 3', 1 Index to number of adjoining sheets |
