1836.] a Turkish work on Navigation. 447 



bank 1 called Akddf*. After the island Seil al Motahan there is 

 nothing but sea, but on the border of the sea at the left are two sandy- 

 islands called Fossailiat 3 *. At their lower extremity are the islands 

 Jazira-i Somra A \ and Zahra 5 . Be it known that on the sea side of 

 Rakab 6 is a shallow in which the ground is visible, but is eight fathoms 

 deep. Some say that parts of it are impassable for ships ; this amariya 

 or shallow is called Ortf Fossailiat ,• after (south of ?) the Fossailiat 

 are three islands called Jdmas 8 l. On the sea side towards the 

 north is a great island called Zokdk 9 §, and on the south side a long 

 bank, on the outside of which are the breakers 10 , called Tihdl u \\ 

 Merir 12 , but the water has eight fathoms. This island and the above 

 mentioned lie south on the sea side of mount Ssabaya 13 ^. From 

 Tihdl Merir in the direction of the sea side and towards the last is a 

 Mira (shallow) called Irki Isa (Jesus's vein :) the shallowest water is 

 there two fathoms and a half, and the deepest eight fathoms. All these 

 amariye (shallows not to be used) are in the Arabic sea. After 

 Zokdk is a great island called Maassaba** on which are some trees ; 

 on its beginning 15 is a small ridge 16 called Bodur. After Maassaba 

 are four great islands, called Bahr-ul-Kabir, (the great sea ;) the two 

 most southerly are called LamP and Han 8 ; they are situated on the 

 sea side of mount Ssabaya ; after them is the ridge 19 Ablaj 20 f-\ ; on the 

 south-west of it is a great bank 21 called Shobi Yahya 22 ; on the north 

 side of the island Ablaj is a mountainous bank, which is a long 

 ridge, and extends till to the ridge of Kimdri* 3 , and is next the island 

 Faraye 2 *. Between them is a Ritka 2i ; that is to say, a rock. On the 

 sea side of the mountainous ridge is the island Darwfsh 26 H. On the 

 sea and north side is a bank 27 called Helya 2s §§, and on the north side a 

 great island called Skobain^WW ; after it the island Mushka 30 %^, and 



' l_~*-£ 2 < j!ji") 3 eyUU*ai 4 ^m, 5 %^b 6 ^ 7 Jj^c 8 ^w^a* 



16 1. it f 18 ;y I. 2<j I t 21 A 22 A 23 » •« 



24 , 1 . 25 .... 26 ... 2T * 2B . I 29 * 30 . / ,', 



* Wussaleat, of Capt. Elwon's map, ia latitude 17° 42'. 



t Siuier, east of ditto. % Shab el jurmah, 17° 34'. 



§ Zoogah, 18° 5'. || Elalthaller ? 18° 15'. 



% A mountain on the coast ? Gebel Tase Sharme ? 



** Massuba, 18° 14'. ff Aboo Lelf (on the shore.) 



:: Dorish, 18° 31'. §§ Halli ? S. of Coomefiddah. 



Illl Shabbane, 18° 44'. ffl Moosbka. 



