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diftance, and never had lefs than 26 fathom, fandy 

 ground. Two or 3 miles within me, appeared like 

 very fhoal water. Its latitude is 15 22! N. 



About 40 miles N. N. E. from the Subugars, lies 

 the liland Comoran, a very low blackifh ifland, 

 trenching away N.W. and S.S.E. excepting the north 

 end, which turns off fuddenly, and ftretches away 

 "N. N. E. When at the diftance of about 5 miles 

 from this ifland, I had 23 fathom water, hard fand 

 and gravel ftones, at the fame time it bore E.N. E. and, 

 when the body bore N. E. diftance about 6 miles, I 

 faw a large fquare white houfe near the waterfide. 



N. W. by N. by the compafs, from the Subu- 

 gars, lies the Ifland Jebbel-Tar, diftance about 

 25 miles. This ifland is of a moderate height, and 

 may be feen 9 or 10 leagues from the maft-head, in 

 clear weather; its latitude is about 15 36' N. and 

 when it bore W. about 10 miles, I had 33 fathom 

 water, a fandy bottom. 



After taking your departure from this ifland, when 

 bound to Judda, the beft courfe to fteer is 

 N. N. W. I W. which is near the mid channel ; by 

 fo doing, you may run boldly on all night, without 

 fear. 



From Jebbel-Tar to the fmall iflands on the Ara- 

 bian fide, laid down in about 1 8° N. latitude, I made 

 the courfe N. 22 49/, W. diftance 159 miles. It 

 was about fun-fet when I iirft faw two of thofe 

 iflands ; they then bore from N. E. to S. E. by S. 

 diftance from the neareft of them about 6 miles, and 

 breakers a little to the fouthward about 5 miles. The 

 fouthernmoft of thefe iflands lies in the latitude of 

 18 6 2! N. according to my bearing and diftance at 



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