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She clouds that covered the sky, as also the agitation of 
the atmosphere and the % sea by a terrible wind, made 
me doubt the accuracy of this result. The islands which 
.are seen from this anchorage are known under the ge- 
neral name of the Islands Ham a ra. The high mountains 
which rise upon the main land are called Ouraal el 
Ouassaffa. 
Monday, Tlth April 
At length, the daos which we had thought were lost, 
re-appeared, and we set sail together at five in the morn- 
ing. The wind being contrary, each vessel was obliged 
to beat up to the north-west, between the coast of Ara- 
bia and the Archipelago of the islands of Ham a ra, until 
nine o'clock, when the whole fleet set all sail to hasten 
to the assistance of a small dao that had struck. We 
had already came up with several of the vessels which 
had continued their voyage the preceding day. 
After having saved the dao that had struck, the fleet 
sailed at ten o'clock. We had to cross a strait filled with 
dangerous shoals. The north-west wind, which was con- 
trary, increased, and the sea becoming more boisterous, 
we were obliged to cast anchor at half past eleven in the 
morning, near an island Which is considered as being- 
half way between Suez and Djedda, and in which the 
sepulchre of a saint, named Seheik Morgob, is held in 
high veneration. I perceived the chapel from on board. 
It is composed partly of a house and partly of a hut. 
The island t?ears the name of the saint, and like all the 
other islands of HanvYa, is small, low, composed of 
sand, and surrounded with shoals. 
The passage of the sun gave me for the latitude 25° 
45' 47" north, according to a good observation, which 
confirmed that which I had obtained the evening before, 
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