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Sharme, and fometimes as high as Dzahab ; that they 
generally ran from Cape Mahomet, the fouthermoff 
part of the peninfula between thofe two golfs, to 
Sharme, in fix hours, becaufe they always made as 
much more way, as they commonly do, they very 
feldom going there but in a fform : they generally 
run four knots, fo this makes forty eight miles, which 
brings it to the northward of Tor. Tor is in lat. 27. 
55. Cape Mahomet thirty miles fouthward, lat. 27. 
25. Sharme forty eight miles nearly N. lat. 28. 13. 
confequently about E. N. E. of Sinai. The port is 
pretty large, furrounded with high mountains, the 
entrance very narrow, and the water deep quite to 
the rocks, which are fo very fteep, that a done dropt 
from the fummit falls into the bafon. No wind can 
be felt here; they don’t cad anchor, but fallen their 
cables to the rocks. There is good water ; fome 
habitations are found on the fides of the mountains, 
and a pretty large village at top: this feems to anfwer 
the idea of Neft-Ken. Dzahab lies as high again 
up the golf, fo forty eight miles more, or in lat. 29. 
This port is confiderably larger than the former, and 
very good, but not fo clofely furrounded with mount- 
ains ; it is however, very fafe. There is a well of 
great antiquity with very good water ; very confi-- 
derable ruins are found, and they fay, there was a 
great city formerly ; but no habitations- now, except 
an Arabian camp of 2000 men. There is a road from- 
it to Jerufalem, formerly much frequented. Thus far 
the captain and pilots. I enquired from the Monks, 
as well as Arabs, about thefe places, as well as about 
the ruins, fuppofed by my learned friend, the bifhop 
cf Offory, to be Kadefh Balnea : the former could- 
only tell me, they had not received any filh from 
thence 
