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The 1 6th, at five in the morning, we failed from the port 

 of Sibt, but, the wind being contrary, were obliged to fteer 

 to the W. S. W. and it was not till nine o'clock we could 

 re fume our true courfc, which was fouth-eaft. At half 

 pall four in the afternoon the main bore feven miles eaft, 

 when we paffed an ifland a quarter of a mile in length, 

 called Jibbd Foran, the Mountain of Mice. It is of a rocky 

 quality, with fome trees on the fouth end, thence it rifes 

 infenlibly, and ends in a precipice on the north. At fix, 

 we paffed the ifland * Derege, low and covered with grafs, 

 but round like a fhield, which is the reafon of its name. 

 At half paft fix Ras Tarfa bore E. S. E. of us, diftant about 

 two miles ; and at three quarters after fix we paffed feve- 

 ral other iflands, the largeft of which is called Saraffer. It is 

 covered with grafs, has fmall trees upon it, and, probably, 

 therefore water, but is uninhabited. At nine in the even- 

 ing we anchored before Djezan. 



Djezan is in lat. 16 45' north, fituated on a cape, 

 which forms one fide of a large bay. It is built, as are all 

 the towns on the coafl, with ftraw and mud. It was once 

 a very confiderable place for trade, but fince coffee hath 

 been fo much in demand, of which they have none, that 

 commerce is moved to Loheia and Hodeida. It is an ufur- 

 pation from the territory of the Imam, by a Sherriffe of the 

 family of Beni Haffan, called BooariJJj. The inhabitants are 

 all Sherriffes, in other terms, troublefome, ignorant fanatics. 

 Djezan is one of the towns mod fubjecT: to fevers. The 

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/, * Der.ge, from that worj -in Hebrew. 



