466 Translation of the Mohit, [Aug. 



the south pole. At your right some islands are seen at a distance, so 

 you go towards the south pole till you come to the islands to Folod- 

 jomra 1 * which appear near, from thence E. S. E. where the sea is more 

 than ten fathoms, if it be 11 or 12 never mind, because after 12 is 

 the deep sea, and you are clear of the Shob Kafaussi. You go till 

 mount Foldpdsaldr 2 , is opposite, N. E. till the soundings give 24 fa- 

 thoms, because there is a bent shdb 3 running out in the sea, which is to 

 be taken care of — wherefore your course must be followed always in a 

 depth of 24 fathoms till you see the mount Foldpdsaldr N. N. E. ; then 

 you steer towards the land and Dairai-barra (E.N.E.) till Malacca. The 

 inhabitants of Shuli*\ (})gofrora.Faldsanbilen two zamsto thesouthpole. 



Twenty-eighth Voyage, from Did to Shdtijdm^X, i- e. to Bengal. 



Sailing from Did, your course, till you have left Ceylon behind you, 

 is the same as the above mentioned, then you steer N. E. Ceylon 

 remaining on the western side ; then N. E. by N. till you come oppo- 

 site to Rakanj 6 §, where the pole is made with a quarter wanting to 

 nine, and the Aselli scarce with six inches ; if in this course you see 

 land it is well ; if not, steer E. N. E. till the pole is nine inches and a 

 half, so you come to the island of Dardiw 7 . If you see it at this time it 

 is well, if not go right east till you see land, but take care of Fesht 

 Hayumidn 8 \\ , which is a desert rock, round which the water is twenty fa- 

 thoms deep; takecare also of Dardiw^ where the water is but five fathoms. 

 If Rakanj is in sight, go N. N. W. with 25 fathoms of water. At this 

 time Hayumidn remains on your right, of which great care is to be taken. 

 After having passed it you approach the land till your soundings give 

 1 6 fathoms, and with this course you come to Dardiw ; after having left 

 it behind you go with 12 fathoms depth N. N. W., there you come to 

 a great Khur 9 (?) called Bdhdl' **, and then five capes which are taken 

 for islands by those who don't know them ; then comes a Ghobba n , that is 

 to say, a gulph full of shallows, shoals and breakers ; this place is called 

 Kdkar Diwd i2 \-\, then you come to the island Zenjilia X3 \% which is facing 



* The Arroas islands. Mt. Parcelar is a well known land mark on the coast, 

 lat. 2° 50'. f The Sholas or Marhatta traders ? % Chittagong, 



once a place of great trade. § Arrakan, lat. 20° 10'. 



|| Probably Oyster island, a barren rock off Arracan, or St. Martin's reef. 

 ^ Probably Nardiel or Narkol deap of Horsburgh, off the Tek Naaf entrance. 

 ** Probably Mascall island. ff Cutub-deep, southof Chittagong. 



XX There are now no islands seaward of the Chittagong coast to which the 

 sailing directions of Sidi will apply : but Lieut. Lloyd, of the Indian Navy, 

 who has surveyed this line, informs us that there is a long shoal called " the 

 patch," parallel with the coast, which is nearly dry at low water, and may have 

 formed the islands of Zenjilia three centuries ago ; for there have evidently been 

 great changes in these parts, even in the memory of our own navigators. 



