ADEN. lOa 
The common track pursued by the Arab traders is as follows : 
they depart from the Red Sea in August, (before which it 
is dangerous to venture out of the gulph) then proceed to 
Muscat, and thence to the coast of Malabar. In December, 
they cross over to the coast of Africa, visit Mugdasho, Marea, 
Brava, Lamo, Melinda, and the Querimbo Islands ; they 
then direct their course to the Comoro Islands, and the northern 
ports of Madagascar^ or sometimes stretch down southward as 
far as Sofala : this occupies them till after April, when they 
run up into the Red Sea, where they arrive in time to relit and 
prepare a fresh cargo for the following year. This is the regular 
course of the trade. As to the ease with which the return might 
be effected, I beg leave to refer the reader once more to Captain 
BisselFs Journal, where he will find that in April, the English 
fleet ran with a fair wind from Mugdasho to the Red Sea ; and 
the concurrent testimony of the Portuguese and Arabs, together 
with our own voyage, proves that the same winds continue without 
intermission till the end of September. 
Thus the change of the monsoon six times," and the asser- 
tion that there is not another combination of winds over the o:lobe 
capable to effect the same voyage, falls totally to the ground. 
As to the map given by Mr. Bruce to remove the difficulties 
of his reader,''* it is absolutely unworthy of notice, were it not 
for the errors to which it may lead from its extreme inaccuracy 
and from its being founded entirely on visionary principles. 
* This is not the general map, but the particular one made to illustrate the course of 
Solomon's voyage to Ophir. 
