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Fifth Voyage from Sawdken to Aden. 



The way Sawdken to Adan is the following : The voyage may be 

 performed in two different ways. From the 180th day till about the 

 230th of the Yazdajerdian year*, (beginning with the Nauriiz ;) that 

 is to say, from the 45th day till to the 95th day of the Jelaulian year, 

 when the sea-faring shuts ; the voyage begins from underneath Shabaka 1 

 and you follow the coast till cape Mdrdf-f ; from Mdrdt two zdms 

 true east, then two zdms E. by S., then two zdms 3 E. S. E. ; from 

 thence turning to S. E. you come to Saibdn ; if from Saibdn you wish 

 to make Kamrdn, you go true east, till you see the islands of Kotdma* 

 and Okbdn b ; from thence to Kamrdn is the Ssdheb Darke Robbdn 6 ? 

 If you sail from Rakba% one zaum towards the south pole you come 

 to the mountain of Zokar§, and from thence you pi-oceed in the same 

 manner as it has been mentioned before. 



The second way of performing this voyage is with the monsoon which 

 sets in with the 280th day of the Yazdajerdian year (12th Aug.) which 

 is the 145th of the Jeldlian, or near it. Sailing from Ratka'W you steer 

 right east, because in this season the south-western winds prevail. 

 If you do not set out below Shabaka, set out from above it, going 

 between the islands and Shabaka, till you are passed the sea islands, 

 little Bdr-Musa^ and such ones, you follow the course of true east. 

 As soon as the islands disappear you sail S. E. till the pole is marked 

 seven inches and a quarter ; you go then S. E. by E. to Saibdn. 

 This is the course with a favourable wind, but if it is not favourable 

 it is quite different. 



Sixth Voyage from Zaili e ** to Kujvrdt. 



The way of performing it is the following. After having left Aibdn 9 

 and after having passed the unclean places, you steer N.E. by E. till you 

 see the mountains of Aden ; from thence true east, till you lose sight 

 of the mountains of Aden ; from thence E. by N. three or four days ; 

 then E. N. E. If you do not see the mountains of Aden you go N. 

 E. by E. till the pole marks five inchesff ; from thence in the manner 

 above said. Be it known, that in Gujerdt grow indigo, ginger, cocoa- 

 nuts, tamarind, and the tree Tdri l °%%, each bunch of which gives every 

 day a pitcher of wine ; there is also the Pawn 11 , that is to say, tanbul 



* 7th May to 26th June. f Amarat, 18o 19'. 



J Saddle island. § Zoogar, the zam must here be taken at one degree. 



|| Trinkatah ? 18° 45'; another name for Shabak. f Barmoosa. 



** Zehla, east of Babelmandal, to Gujerat. ft Lat 13 30'. %% The toddy palm. 



