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SO. The monsoon for sailing from Malabar to Malacca, Shomotora, Ta~ 

 nassari, and all the ports below the wind, sets in about the 320th day of the 

 Yazdajirdian year, equal to 185th of the Jalalian year (2lst Sapt). 



31. The monsoon for sailing from Dibi to Malacca, Shomotora, Tanas- 

 sari, Martaban, Bengal, sets in about the 320th day of the Yazdajirdian 

 year, answering to the 185th of the Jalalian (21st Sept.) 



32. The monsoon of the continent of Alinat (} Barronat) for sailing 

 from it to Siam, is setting in on the 325th day of the Yazdajirdian, that is 

 on the 190th of the Jalalian year (26th Sept.) 



33. The monsoon of the coasts for sailing to Hormuz, sets in about the 

 300th day of the Yazdajirdian, that is to say, the 185th of the Jalalian 

 year (21st Sept.?) 



34. The monsoon from the coasts and Maukadash (in Africa) to 

 Jazreddi'b (the Maldives) sets in about the 320th day of the Yazdajirdian, 

 that is to say, the 185th of the Jalalian year (21st Sept.) 



35. The monsoon for sailing from the coasts to the Arabian continent, 

 to Dhofdr, Meshkaun, Haitifa, Sheher, Aden i sets in on the 325th day 

 of the Yazdajirdian year, that is, on the 190th Jal. (26th Sept.) 



Section 5. The second class of monsoons, that is the eastern ones called Azib 



or Saba*. 



36. The monsoon for sailing from Gujerat to all the Arabian islands, 

 springs up about the 340th day of the Yazdajirdian year, answering to the 

 205th Jal. (11th Oct.) and lasts till to the 340th or 350th, that is, till to the 

 5th or 15th day of the Jalalian year (5th March) ; but to Kaulhat, Muscat, 

 and Hormuz, it may be used till the 60th day of the Yazdajirdian year, 

 or the 25th of the Jalalian (14th April) ; later it is not good. 



The finest monsoon for sailing from India to the Arabian continent sets 

 in about the 100th and 110th day of the Yazdajirdian year, which is the 

 330th or 340th of the Jalalian (13th— 23rd February). 



37. The monsoon from Concona to the Arabian continent sets in about 

 the 350th day of the Yazdajirdian year, and lasts till the 140th of the next ; 

 that is to say, from the 205th till to the 5th of the next Jalalian year, 

 (1 lth Oct. — 25th March :) later it is not good ; that for Hormuz lasts till to 

 the 150th of the Yazdajirdian, that is to say, the 15th of the Jalalian year. 



38. The monsoon from Hormuz to the Arabian continent sets in about 

 the 340th day of the Yazdajirdian year, lasting to the 100th of the next; 

 that is to say, from the 205th to the 330th of the Jalalian year (11th 

 Oct. — 13th Feb.). This is for the coasting voyage ; but if the high sea is 

 kept, it serves from about the 100th day of the Yazdajirdian year, to the 

 30th of the next ; that is to say, from the 330th to the 365th Jal. (13th 

 Feb.— 2nd March). 



39. The monsoon from Gujerat to the coasts, blows from about the 

 340th day of the Yazdajirdian year to the 90th of the next year ; that is, 

 from the 205th to the 320th of the Jalalian (llth Oct. — 3rd Feb.) 



40. The monsoon from Bengal to Aden and Mecca, that is to say, to 

 the ports of Jedda and Hormuz, sets in about the 50th day of the Yazda- 



