1836.] a Turkish work on Navigation. 451 



The Third Section. — Of Voyages and indications of the coasts being 



near. 



First Voyage from Bdbolmandam 1 to mount Zokar* and Sai- 

 bdn z * ; you go first in the direction N. W. by N. half a zdm 4 , 

 then steering N. N. W. you come to cape Zokar, and mount Ard s 

 is in sight on the left side ; if from Zokar you wish to proceed to 

 Kamrdn 6 , and you steer N. by W. you come to Rakba ! [. Here 

 you see for the first time the island Zasha 8 t. The course from 

 Zokar to Saibdn goes in the direction N. W. by which you come 

 first to Abauel 9 , and then to Saibdn§, which are seen on the right. 

 Be it known, that if you steer true west you come to Mokaidah\\, and if 

 you take from Saibdn the direction W. by N. you come to the two 

 Hdtia (the great and small one.) If from Saibdn you follow the 

 direction W. N. W. you come to Bent Antar and Harmal, which are 

 islands of the Persian (African) coast ; from Saibdn going straight to 

 the pole you come to Badhiain : from Saibdn going N. by W. you come 

 to the two islands Jehdn (the great and small one), which are on the 

 Arabian coast. 



Second Voyage from Saibdn (Loheia) to Jedda. 



From Saibdn to Jedda with an unfavorable wind, the voyage is 

 performed from four inches to four inches by degrees in the follow- 

 ing way. First from Saibdn where the pole 10 wants b quarter to 

 seven inches^, you steer four zdms N. W. and afterwards N. W. by 

 N. If the contrary wind is very strong, the course to be steered is 

 E. by N. and true east, or near it ; if the wind is a middle one, you 

 steer N. E. or N. E. by N. If in your measurement the inferior 

 quadrant 11 gives an inch** and a quarter, the ship is on a spot 

 distant seven inches (measurement) from the pole. If in this place 

 the northern wind ceases, you may lay to or tack. If it blows a 

 hard northern wind, you look for the Arabic coast, and go tc Badhiain 13 

 or- near it. On the sea side of Badhiain is a shoal famariaj ; that is 

 to say, a place where you see the ground of the sea ; with a weak 

 northerly wind you go to Mokammar, or in the vicinity of it. The 

 said islands are one near the other. If the pole is seven inches and 

 a quarter, and the inferior quadrant seven inchesff, and a strong 

 northern breeze, you go to Esman and Mesed ; and if there is but 



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* Assaban of maps, off Loheia, 15° 41'; long. 42° 52'. 

 t Saddle island in the Zebayers ? X Rasher ? § Or Loheia. 



|| Dhalac island. If See introductory remarks, = Lat. 16o 18'. 



** This should be 7£ inches. ft Lat 17° 6'. 



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