AT SEA. 
protected by the mountains of the peninsula from the north west 
wind which tormented us. 
January 22 --The wind on the 22d in the morning was variable 
and moderate : about twelve it came round to the S.W., when we 
made directly for Shaduan, and by midnight were ten miles to the 
north of it, when Captain Court lay to, as he did not think it pru- 
dent to enter the narrow straits of Jubal in the night. 
January ^3.— At day light we found we had drifted close to 
Ras Mohammed, when we bore away for Jubal with a fine breeze 
from the southward, which continued to freshen. We passed the 
high land of Zeyte, which can only be called so comparatively, 
from the low land near it. It is bluff to the sea, and is of a red 
colour, beautifully veined with purple. At one we were opposite to 
a mountain, called Agrib in our charts, though its real name is 
Ghareb. It forms a remarkable point on the African shore, from 
its being the last high land with a pointed and ragged summit : 
to the northward all the hills had either round or flat tops. At two 
we were off* Tor, but felt too anxious to profit by our southerly 
wind to think of entering it. The celebrated mountains of Sinai 
and Horeb reared their pointed tops over a range of hills, which 
extend from Ras Mohammed to Ras Jehan. They wer^ lofty, but 
their effect was diminished by those in front. It blew very fresh 
towards night, and we passed Ras Jehan on the Arabian shore in a 
gale of wind, accompanied by rain, and then considered ourselves 
as almost in safety, for here the sea narrows considerably, and the 
vessels during the expedition had frequently a great difficulty in 
weathering this cape, which is lofty and bold. 
January ^4.— We had reason to rejoice at pur good fortune or^ 
