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and be either round, extend in the parallel, or be of 
irregular forms, according to accidental circum- 
flances. 
The interior parts of thefe iflands, being fen, 
fometimes form harbours capable of receiving veffels 
of forne burthen, and, I believe always, abound 
greatly with fifh ; and fuch as I have feen, with 
turtle-grafs and other fea-plants, particularly one 
fpecies, called by the Sooloos Gaimmye, which grows 
in little globules, and is fomewhat pungent, as well 
as acid, to the tade. 
It need not be repeated, that the ends of thofe 
iflands, only, are the places to expedt foundings: 
and they commonly have a {hallow fpit running out 
from each point. 
Abdul Roobin’s obfervation points out another 
circumdance, which may be ufeful to navigators ; 
by confideration of the winds to which any iflands 
are mod expofed, to form a probable conjecture 
which fide has deeped water; and from a view 
which fide has the fhoals, an idea may be formed 
which winds rage with mod violence. 
XXXVIII. Am 
