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see it, if you are bound to Meshkass or Hiridji 1 * you steer N. W. 

 by W. and if you intend to go to Shehr you steer W. N. W. till you 

 see land ; the sign of your appi - oaching Socotra is that you see of the 

 sea-plants or an infinite number of trees of the species called Kirmith, 

 but sometimes you see them and sometimes not ; on the coast of 

 Shehr men and animals live all on fish. 

 Eighteenth Voyage, from Mahdim 2 f and Ski ul 3 to the Arabic coast. 



The time for sailing from these ports is from the tenth to the six- 

 teenth day of the Yazdajerdian year, which answers from the 240th 

 to the 290th day of the Jelalian year ; the course to be followed is 

 W. by S. till the pole is marked by seven inches, from thence you 

 steer true west. If you intend to go to Meshkass, Shehr, and Aden, 

 the course to be followed is W. by S., till you come opposite to 

 Fartak, from thence you go true west to Fartak, and from thence to 

 which port you please : if you set out from the above mentioned 

 ports at the end of the season, the direction to be followed is W. S. 

 W. till the pole is four inches and a quarter or four inches and an 

 eighth, from thence you steer true west to Kardafdn A \. The ports 

 Mahdim and Shiul belong to Deccan ; from this country come the 

 muslins called Candaharians, and those of Daulatabdd, Berupdtari 5 , 

 and Bairami 6 . 

 Nineteenth Voyage, from Diu to the islands of Dib 7 , (Maldives.) 



Steer first S. S. E. the pole being made by five inches, side towards 

 the land in the direction of E. S. E. and S. E. by E. till you see 

 the mountains of Monibdr ; from thence to Daira Barra, till the pole 

 is three inches ; from thence to the south pole, till the fardqad*^ are 

 eight inches and a quarter, then true W. to the island Foyuka?, and 

 the islands near it. ° 



Twentieth Voyage, from Daubul 10 to the islands of Dib. 



You follow first the direction W. S. W. till you lose the shore, 

 from thence to Daira S. W. by W. till land is in sight ; from thence 

 S. S. E. till the pole comes to three inches, from thence to the south 

 pole and S. S. W. till the Farkadain ($ and y in the little bear) are 

 marked by eight inches and a half ; from thence true west to Foyuka 

 or its neighbourhood. Mark what has been said above : till land is 

 in sight steering S. W. by W., that means, that the land is at hand. 



* Maculla? and Hargiah near Aden. f Mahim, north, and Sheoul, south 



of Bombay. + Guardafui, N. E. Cape of Africa, lat. 12°. 



§ The farkadain, or j8 and y mtsss minoris. 



