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MATHERAN , a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill See also:sanatorium in See also:India, in the See also:Kolaba See also:district of Bombay, 2460 ft. above the See also:sea, and about 30 M. E. of Bombay See also:city. Pop. (1901), 3060. It consists of several thickly wooded ridges, on a See also:spur of the Western See also:Ghats, with a magnificent outlook over the See also:plain below and the distant sea. First explored in 185o, it has since become the favourite resort of the See also:middle classes of Bombay (especially the Parsis) during the See also:spring and autumn months. It has recently been connected by a 2 ft. See also:gauge See also:mountain See also:line with Neral station on the See also:Great See also:Indian See also:Peninsula railway, 54 M. from Bombay.
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