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generally preferred, because there are fewer mountains, 
and it is shorter. This was the one I had taken, and in- 
tended to have returned by the former, if I had not met 
the Wehhabites. 
Jenboa en Nahal, or of the Palm Trees, is a day's 
journey distant to the E. \ N. E. of Jenboa-el-Bahar, or 
of the Sea. The former town, situated in the midst of 
mountains, has plenty of water, fine gardens, and a con- 
siderable number of palm trees, from which it takes its 
name. The inhabitants are all Scherifs, or descendants 
of the Prophet, and great warriors. 
Jenboa-el-Bahar, or of the Sea, is situated in a great 
plain. It is easy to perceive that the spot it occupies 
has been left by the sea, at a period not very remote. 
The high tide enters still in the outward circular wall, 
and inundates a part of the town, to the height of three 
or four inches. It is situated upon a bank of stone, level 
with the surface of the water, similar to those with which 
this sea abounds on its shores. A stratum of ten or 
twelve inches of alluvial- soil on this bank has sufficed 
to unite it with the main land. 
The port is very good, for large ships can anchor in 
it; but the entrance is difficult, in consequence of the 
rocks which obstruct it. 
The town is surrounded with a circuit of walls, of 
an irregular form, nearly 350 toises in diameter from 
east to west, and about 200 from north to south. These 
walls are only fifteen inches thick, and nine feet high, 
with the exception of some towers, which are higher; 
and a large tower mounted with artillery, that faces the 
country. 
The centre of the town, which is the landing place, is 
enclosed with a second range of walls, higher than the 
first, and flanked with towers,/ 
