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wind. At half pall nine, Loheia bore eall north-eaft about 

 four leagues diftant ; and here we came in light of feveral 

 fmall, barren, and uninhabited hlands. Booarilh bore fouth- 

 well two miles off; Zebid one mile and a half diftant, eaft 

 and by north ; Amar, the fmalleft of all, one mile fouth ; 

 and Ormook, fouth-eaft by eall two miles. 



The Arabs of the mountain, who had attempted to furprife 

 Loheia in the fpring, now prepared for another attack againll 

 it, and had advanced within three days journey. This obli- 

 ged the Emir to draw together all his troops from the neigh- 

 bourhood ; all the camels were employed to lay in an ex- 

 traordinary Hock of water. 



Our Rais, who was a Granger, and without connections 

 in this place, found himfelf under great difficulties to pro- 

 vide water enough for the voyage, for we had but a fcanty 

 provifton left, and though our boat was no more than fixty 

 feet long, we had about forty people on board of her. I had 

 indeed hired the veffel for myfelf, but gave the Rais leave 

 to take fome known people paffengers on board, as it was 

 very dangerous to make enemies in the place to which I 

 was going, by fruftrating any perfon of his voyage home, 

 even though I paid for the boat, and Hill as dangerous to 

 take a perfon unknown, whofe end in the voyage might be 

 to defeat my defigns. We were refolved, therefore, to bear 

 away for an illand to the northward, where they faid the 

 water was both good, and in plenty. 



In the courfe of this day, we paned feveral fmall hlands, 

 and, in the evening, anchored in feven fathom and a half of 

 water, near a fhoal diftant four leagues from Loheia. We 



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