Bombay

the chief seaport on the W. coast of India, and capital of the Province of the same name; at the southern extremity of the island of Bombay is divided into two portions, one known as the Fort, and formerly, surrounded with fortifications, on a narrow point of land with the harbor on the E. side and Back Bay on the W.; the other known as the City, a little to the N. W. Im the Fort are Bombay Castle, the Government oflices, and almost all the merchants’ warehouses and offices; but most of the European residents live outside of the mercantile and native quarters of the city in villas or bungalows.