34 8 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



On the 13th, a little after fun-rife, we continued our courfe 

 weft, and a very little foutherly, with little wind. At eight 

 o'clock we palTed Dalgroufht, north by eaft about a league 

 diftance^and a new ifland, Germ Malco^ weft by north. At 

 noon, I obferved our latitude to be 15° $$' 13" north; and 

 our bearings as follow :-— 



The fouth cape of the ifland of Dahalac is called Ras 

 Sboufo, which, in Arabic, means the Cape of Thorns, becaufe 

 upon it are a quantity of funt, or acacia, the thorny-tree 

 which bears the gum-arabic. We continued our courfe 

 along the eaft fide of Dahalac, and, at four o'clock in the 

 afternoon, faw Irwee, which is faid to anfvver to the centre 

 of the ifland. It bore then fouth-weft of us four miles. We 

 alfo faw two fmali iflands, Tarza and Siah el Sezan ; the firft, 

 north bv weft three miles ; the fecond, north-eaft by eaft, 

 but fomething farther. After having again violently ftruck 

 on the coral rocks in the entry, at fun-let. we anchored in 

 the harbour of Dobelew. 



This harbour is in form circular, and- fufneiently defend- 

 ed from all winds, but its entrance is too narrow, and with- 

 in, it is full of rocks. The bottom of the whole port is co- 

 vered with large ramifications of white coral, with huge 



black 



