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to Tahtidt 1 or it is seen on the right ; if the north wind is but 

 weak you go to Tamarsheh* or Zulkajla ; on the left hand at some 

 distance are seen some islands, as Mosamara and Lauka 2 \. If the 

 pole wants a quarter to nine inches, and the inferior quadrant shows 

 five and a half, and the north wind blows strong, you go to Tamarsheh or 

 Zulkajla, and with a small breeze to Bar i Musa ssagh{r\. If from 

 Bar i Musa ssayhir you steer true west towards the continent, you 

 go from Sawdkor or Bur i Musa Kalir to Matiydf. If the pole 

 is nine inches, and the inferior quadrant shows five inches and a 

 quarter^, and the wind blows strong, you go to Bdrkat 4 or near it ; 

 from Hind Jodr 5 \\ true west you go to Maserkai 6 ^[ ; this port is on the 

 upper side of Sawdken. If the pole is nine inches and a quarter, and 

 the inferior quadrant shows five inches, you go with a strong wind 

 from Hind Jo Jr to Sawdken; with a small breeze to the superior 

 part of Sawdken : where is nothing but mountains. Mark that if in 

 these parts you go tacking with a north wind, the rule is to hold the 

 middle between the Arabian and Persian (African) coast, and that if you 

 side to one of them you never attain your object. On the south side 

 the bank Rds-eshabak 1 ** called Hdwi 8 is opposite the island Tamarsheh. 

 On the north side the end of Shabak is opposite Bar i Musa. 

 Fourth Voyage from Jedda to Aden. 

 The way of the voyage from Jedda to Aden is the following. If 

 you start from Mesmdri you go two rhumbsff S. S. W., afterwards 

 two rhumbs S. by W., afterwards two rhumbs to the south pole, turn 

 then and steer S. E. by E. from thence you steer S. E. to Zokar\\. 

 From Zokar you run one rhumb S. by W. afterwards S. S. E. to 

 Babel Mandam ; from thence one rhumb in the direction E. S. E., 

 then E. by S. to A'ai'a 9 , from thence you follow the direction E. by 

 N. to Adan in Yaman, which is a celebrated port, and is commonly 

 called the Pearl Aden 10 , though there are no pearls at Adan ; but as it 

 is a great port, this name arises probably from its trade in pearls ; in 

 the same way you call the cocoanuts, which come from Bengal Kabu- 

 lian, because they come by the way of Kabul. Cornelians of Yaman 

 are found at Aden in immense quantities. 



* Timershear, 18° 56'. f Dahreat Abged ? X Barmosa Segere, 19° 3'. 

 19o 51'; Shab Barkoot is in 19° 14' || Hindee Geedam, 19° 2K 



H Mersa Arakea, on the coast, 20° 13'. ** Ul Shebek, 18<> 44'. 



ft Perhaps zams. %% Gebel Zoogar, 14° 0'. 



