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sea during the whole night. "Weather still damp and 

 cloudy, and the thermometer at 79 3. Lat. observed at 

 noon 3^ 30' X. ; long, by chron. 47*^ 25' E. 



31st, Thursday. The wind increased to a gale and 

 blew furiou-dy during the whole day and following night, 

 attended with a tremendous heavy swell, which prevented 

 us from approaching the shore near enough to see any- 

 thing distinctly ; we could only remark that the land 

 seemed to be higher than what we had lately seen. 

 Weather still damp and cloudy, and the thermometer at 

 79^. Lat. observed at noon 2"^ 44' X. ; long, by chron. 

 46^ 5' E.; variation by amplitude 10^ W. 



February 1st, Friday. The wind moderating, we con- 

 tinued our course along the coast in very irregular sound- 

 ings of from 10 to 65 fathoms, rocks and gravel. At 9 

 A.M. the mosques of Magadosho were seen bearing AV.S.AV. 

 distant 9 or 10 miles. The late gale has therefore carried 

 us farther to the southward of the reported mouth of the 

 Doara — a mortifying circumstance, and to us a very severe 

 disappointment, for we had promised ourselves much 

 gratification in exploring that river — so interesting, and 

 at the same time so little known. At noon Magadosho 

 bore W.X.AY. of the ship two or three miles ; here we 

 sounded, but could find no ground with a line of 80 

 fathoms. The town, which is large and irregular, is 

 situated on an uneven sandy piece of ground close to the 

 beach ; the land behind considerably lower than that on 

 either side. The houses resemble those seen in the towns 

 on the coast of Arabia and Persia, and are apparently 

 built of stones and mud, of a low, square form, with small 

 doors and windows, and have all flat roofs. The most 

 conspicuous objects are the mosques already mentioned ; 



