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currents, but expected to find shelter from tlie plan 

 I had of its harbour ; however, in standing close in for 

 the purpose of anchoring, I was disappointed to find it 

 was impossible to bring the vessels up without imminent 

 risk of parting and being driven on shore, which com- 

 pelled me to haul ofi". I then looked for the river 

 mentioned in my instructions, whose supposed situation 

 was to be found in 5' ^NT. lat., but I could find no entrance 

 whatever in that parallel. The wind moderating on the 

 line, I anchored the vessels on the eve of the 3rd of Febru- 

 ary, with a view of exploring the river called Dos Fuegos, 

 and rendered into English by the late Capt. Bisset, 

 * Rogues River.' During the night the Sylph parted her 

 cable, and was driven past this entrance, whose situation 

 I could only geographically ascertain. The town of 

 Juba and the bar were distinctly seen in passing from 

 hence to Patta. The coast is fortified by a chain of 

 islands, mostly connected by reefs. Our transactions and 

 inquiries at the latter port were checked by the un- 

 friendly disposition of the natives. After clearing Patta, 

 we proceeded southward along the coast, — ascertaining it, 

 also the two points of Formosa Bay, the Leopard's Shoal, 

 and the mosque near it, with Quiliff'a River, the to^vn 

 and harbour of Mombas, the islands of Pemba (or 

 Gedree)^ according to the Arabs, and Zanzibar, and the 

 site of the coast between these places. 



My study has been to cultivate the friendship of all 

 ranks, with a view of gaining information on the points 

 government have instructed me ; and the result of my 

 labours amounts to the following, the accuracy of which, 



' Probably a corruption of the Jezirat (el Khazra), the Green 

 Island of the Arabs. 



