MALABAR Point, a remarkable promontory of Hindustan, on the island of Bombay, remarkable for a cleft rock, in great repute for its sanctity amongst the numerous Hindus who resort thither for the purpose of being purified from their sins, which is effected by passing through the aperture, which is of considerable elevation, being situated amongst rocks of difficult access, that, in the stormy season, are incessantly washed by the billows. In the vicinity are the ruins of a temple, said to have been blown up by the Portuguese; and a beautiful Brahmin village, built round a fine tank of considerable extent, with broad flights of steps down to the water.