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ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



[Cofust of Persia. 



and Persia, and about the entrance of the Persian Gulph, boarding and 

 plundering every small vessel they can master. 



GUADEL, or GWADUR. — Cape Guadel, in latitude about 25* 4' N., 

 and longitude G3 J 12* E., is a peninsula of moderate height, joined to the 

 main by a neck of land, about half a mile over. A wall fortified with towers 

 formerly extended across the isthmus, from one bay to the other, to protect 

 the town from assaults by land ; the ruins of which, also some wells, and a 

 town built with stone, arc to be seen : but the few inhabitants now live in a 

 town composed of mat houses, situated close under the N. side of the 

 Cape. The principal part of them are weavers ; they manufacture such 

 cloths as serve their own markets, which are dark checks, and very 

 narrow, and some plain carpets of different colours, but not rough. They 

 say there are several large towns in the country, and one situated between 

 Tosmee and Guadel; but the principal town of which they speak most, 

 is Lahore, from whence they are supplied with curious matchlocks, of inlaid 

 work, and scimitars, which are for the most part watered after the manner 

 of the Damascus blades. From Cape Jasques to this place, the people call 

 themselves Brodies, and from hence to Crotchey, they take the name of 

 Blochees. There is some difference in their language, and perhaps in 

 their religion, though none is to be observed in their dress or manners. 



Provisions ano Refreshments. — A few goats, sheep, and fowls 

 may be purchased, but they are dear. The best water is to be got by 

 digging in the sand ; that which is procured from the wells in the town 

 being rather brackish. 



SOMMEANY is a small town, situated inside the entrance of 

 Poorally River, in latitude about 25° 3ff N., and longitude 67° 25 E. It has a 

 mud fort, which is in ruins. The huts composing the town, are constructed 

 of poles and mats ; the town is scarcely discernible from the road ; the 

 best mark for finding it, is a remarkable gap in the high land at the back of 

 it, which in clear weather cannot escape notice. When it bears N. N. E. 

 | E., the river's mouth is N. E. by E., distant about 2 miles, in 4 fathoms 

 water. 



Provisions and Refreshments. — Every article of refreshment is very 

 scarce; even the water, which is mdhTerent, cannot be procured in sufficient 

 quantity, nor without considerable trouble : it is got by digging holes 5 or 

 6 feet deep, and as much in diameter, near the town, which appears formerly 

 to have been a swamp: if the water ooze* through the sand, which docs not 

 always happen, it serves them that day, and perhaps the next, but soon 

 becomes quite brackish, owing to the nitrous quality of the earth. 



