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The 1 6th, at five in the morning, we failed from the port 

 of Sibt, but, the wind being contrary, were obliged to fleer 

 to the W. S. W. and it was not till nine o'clock we could 

 relume our true courfe, which was fouth-eaft. At half 

 pafl four in the afternoon the main bore feven miles eafl, 

 when we pafled an ifland a quarter of a mile in length, 

 called Jibbd Foran y the Mountain of Mice. It is of a rocky- 

 quality, with fome trees on the fouth end, thence it rifes 

 infeniibly, and ends in a precipice ori the north. At fix, 

 we pafled the ifland * Derege, low and covered with grafs, 

 but round like a fhield, which is the reafon of its name. 

 At half pafl fix Ras Tarfa bore E. S. E. of us, diflant about 

 two miles ; and at three quarters after fix we paffed feve- 

 ral other iflands, the largefl of which is called Saraffer. It is 

 covered with grafs, has fmall trees upon it, and, probably, 

 therefore water, but is uninhabited. At nine in the even* 

 •ing we anchored before Djezan. 



Djezan is in lat. 16 45' north, fituated on a cape, 

 which forms one fide of a large bay. It is built, as are all 

 the towns on the coaft, with flraw and mud. It was once 

 a very confiderable place for trade, but finee coffee hath 

 been fo much in demand, of which they have none, that 

 commerce is moved to Loheia and Hodeida. It is an ufur- 

 pation from the territory of the_ Imam, by a Sherriffe of the 

 family of Beni HafTan, called Booarijh. The inhabitants are 

 all Sherriffes, in other terms, troublefome, ignorant fanatics. 

 Djezan is one of the towns mofl fubjecc %<o fevers. The 

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* .Derege, from that v/orj in Hebrew. 



