i8z Travels into the Levant. Part IL 
eight a Clock we found eighteen Fathom water ; halt an hour after that, eighteen,' 
and a half, and we ftood away Ea^ and by North. About nine a Clock the Witvf 
frefhened a little, and we had twenty Fathom water i at ten a Clock ye had <iie 
and twenty i and about half an hour after ten we Steered our Courfe E«/î. ^> 
fFeJnefday the ninth of December about day break the Wind cezkâç and we 
Steered ftill Eaflv the Ifle of Angom was to the North-Eafi of us, and nor far off, 
. and on the other lide to the SoHth-Ea(i we had a Port of ^r^î^^M Fxlix, calkd Ja/- 
^ y^j,^ which is a good Harbour, where many Indian Barks carrying naony, come 
Pearl. Fifhing. p^f^g^ p^g^jg ^j^ich are Firtied all along that Coaft from Mafcat to 
Babrem\ there is "a good Caftle at Julfar. From that Port to the Cape of Mofan- 
don^ the Coaft of Arabia the Happy, is all Mountanous, bearing South-fFefi^ and 
Nerth-Eafl^ and runs fo near the Perfian (hoar, that there is but five Leagues be- 
twixt the main Land of Mofandon, and the Ifle of Lareca, which is clofe by Comoron^ 
the°Guffwhkh '^^f ^'^t ^«//^îr and Mofandott-y there are a great many good Ports that are not fet 
are not fee "^o^" i" ^he Maps, where notwithftanding, feveral Ships may ftfely Winter, fecure 
down in the &oni all Winds, and there is every where vtry good water. About half an hour 
Maps. after fcven in the morning, the Wind turned North'Eafi^ and we Steered ourCourfe 
Eaji^ South-Ejji. We were then off and on with the Point of Angom^ which 
bears ^Te/f, NmhJFell. 
Angom. Angom is a little low Jiland to the South of ^efchimo, and reaches along ^efchi- 
from JVej}^ NenhWejl^ to Ed/î, SoHth-Eaji\ no body lives in it but two or 
three Fifliermen, who keep fome Goats, which they fell to Ships that come there to 
take in frefli water, where it is vtry good. Though this. Ifland be very near to 
^ejchimo-, yet Ships may pafs betwixt them, and all that take in water there flioot 
theStrcight. About noon we bore away South-Eaft^ and at one a Clock haviug 
caft the Lead, we had eight and thirty Fathom water; we were then becalmed, 
and made no way but by the Tide of Ebb, which caft us upon Arabia -, fo that 
we were obliged, to ftand off of it as far as we could, to turn the Ships Head Eafi, 
Narth-Eaji : neverthelefs towards the evening we were got very near the Moun- 
tains of Arabia--, wherefore to keep off of that (hoar as much we could, wc Steered 
away North-Eafl, and by Eajf, and the Tide of Houd did us fome fervice. About 
fevcn a Clock the Wind feemcd as it it would get in to Norths but it blew fo 
gentlely, that it hardly curled the water. 
Ihurfday the tenth of December about half an hour after four in the morning, 
we had an eafie Cale from North-Eaft ■-, and immediately after, we paft the point of 
Angom that bears Eaji^ South- Ea[t. Over againft this point Cwhich is at the entry 
of the Streight betwixt Angom and ^efchimo) there is five Fathom water i and when 
5 ou are got within that Streight, you will find above twelve. At break of day 
we had the point of ^efchimo to the North., North-Eaji of us, and the î^eji 
point of Lareea^ to the North-Eaji and by North : and the biggeft of the four Ifles 
of Selame^ with a little one near to it, bore Sottth-Eaji and by Eaji of us i as the 
third, which is a little feparated from the reft, did to South-Eaji » we could not 
fee the fourth, becaufe it lay under the biggeft. Thefe Ifles are four Rocks over 
againft and clofe by Cape Mofandon'-» the Mahometans czW them Selame, the Engl ijh 
or C<uV ^^'"'"^ Coin--, and (a wedge,) the Dutch Mahomet Selame, a very unfit name to be given by 
or ojft Chriftians. One oi thefe Rocks is bigger than the reft, riling a little into a point, 
on which they fay there are wild Goats, and the other two are lefs and lower, one 
of them being V'ery near the great one, and the other more remote thefe two 
little ones bear South and by fFefl from the great one s and the fourth bears South 
from it, which made that we could not fee it tirom where we were. 
Lmca. The Ifle of L-arec^i lyes in length from ZS^or/i^?, Nortb-IVejl, to South, Sonth-Eaft : 
it is a low Ifland, having only ibme little Hillocks. On the North fide of it there 
is a Fort , which the Dutch began to build under pretence of fettling a Fadory 
there, but the Per^^w/ fmelling out their defign, drove them out and finiftiediti 
neverthelefs there is but a fmall Garifon in it. They afTured me that there is in that 
A Salt pit. Ifland a fair Salt-pit, dug under ground in form of a Hall, but fo lofty and fpacHDus, 
that a thoufand Men may be there at their eafe. They fell the Salt they get there 
at Comoron, and along the Ccaft of Arabia. 
About eight a Clock we ftood away South-Eafly and then we had Larcca to 
the North and by Ea^ of us, and the great Rock with its neighbour to tiie 
Eaji: but tlie other that is at fome diftance from if, to the Kafi and by Sottth. 
Behind 
