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season. It is all rain water, conveyed to the wharf hi a channel, and delivered 

 by a cock to the boats. 



JAFFREBAT, or JAFFRABAD, next to Diu, is the principal 

 place for trade in Guzerat. It is in latitude 20 ' 5 N., longitude 71° 38 E., 

 and about 6 miles to the W. of Searbett Island. It has the best river on 

 this coast, owing to its easy entrance, having no bar. It is shallow, but 

 vessels will receive no damage by lying in the soft mud at low water, as 

 they are well sheltered from all winds. This town belongs to the Siddee 

 of Radjapore. The Governor is said to behave civilly to the English, who 

 occasionally visit this place. 



SEARBETT ISLAND. — The centre of this island is in latitude 

 20" 55\ N , and longitude 71° 40 E. Its form is that of an irregular 

 triangle. It affords shelter to vessels against both monsoons. The village 

 is on the N. side of the island, consisting of thirty or forty houses, built of 

 stone, and thatched with straw. The inhabitants are about 200 in number. 

 The greater part of the island is laid out in fields of Badjeree grain, the 

 rearing of which is the chief employment of the people. They have several 

 wells of excellent water. This island, which is subject to the Siddee of 

 Radjapore, is the receptacle of all the pirates on the coast ; and here they 

 are supplied with grain and water, being always ready to put to sea when- 

 ever they find it seasonable. 



GOAPNAUT POINT is in latitude 21° 1% N., and so called by the 

 Gentoos, in consequence of a famous place of worship which is built here, 

 dedicated to their god, Goapnaut. This building is said to be of mud, but 

 it has the appearance of a fortification, with a very high flagstaff to it, and 

 the priests who attend here, keep a flag constantly flying. It has a few 

 thick bushy trees about it, forming a neat regular grove. This point may 

 be seen 5 or 6 leagues in clear weather, and has a dangerous shoal projecting 

 near four miles from it to the E. 



GOGO is 7 miles to the N. W. of the small island of Peram, and is in 

 latitude 2V 41' N., and longitude 72° 23 E. It is a place of some trade, 

 and has fortifications sufficiently strong to resist any attack from the neigh- 

 bouring pirates. The houses are mostly built of stone, and there being 

 many old erections, a person wanting to build, purchases three or four of 

 them, on purpose to have the stones for his house. Most of them are two 

 stories high, but very close and badly planned for a hot climate ; they arc 

 generally tiled, and form a very pleasant prospect from the road where the 

 small vessels anchor, which is in about 3 fathoms, directly abreast of the 

 town, the pagoda on Peram bearing S. S. E. Gogo is chiefly inhabited by 

 Lascars, whose number is computed to be about 2,000, fit for sea, when 



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