362 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



Derghiman Seguier, - diftant 3 miles, - - S. \V.'. 



Derghiman Kibeer,: ' - do. 5. do.- - - S. 



Dahalhalem, - - - do. 4 do. - - E. N. E. . 



Noora, ,-. -. >'H - do. 2 do.. - - N. Eh.No. 



The tide now entered with an unufual" force, and ran 

 more like the Nile, or a torrent, or Itream conducted, to. turn 

 a mill, than the fea, or the effects of a tide. At half pail 

 one o'clock, there was water enough to pafs, and we foon 

 were hurried through it by the violence of the current, 

 driving us in a manner truly tremendous. . 



At half after. three, we. pa/Ted. .between Ras Antalou, the 

 North Cape of Dahalac, and the fmall iiland Dahalottom, 

 which has fome trees upon it. . On this iiland is, the tomb 

 of Shekh * AbouGafar, mentioned by Poncet, in his' voy- 

 age, who miflakes the name of die faint for that of the ill and. 

 The ftrait between the Cape and the iiland is a mile and a 

 half broad. At four in the afternoon, we anchored near a 

 a fmall iiland called Surat. All between this and Dahalac,- 

 there is no water exceeding feven fathom, till you are near 

 Dahalac Kibeer, whofe port has water for large veiTelSj 

 but is open to every point, from fouth-weil to north-well, 

 and has a great fwell. 



All ihips coming to the weftward of Dahalac had better 

 keep within the iiland Drugerut, between that and the; 

 main, where there is plenty of water, and room enough to 



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Poncet's Voyage, tranilated into Englifh, printed for W. Lewis in 1709, in i2mo,page 121. 



