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diftance, and never had lefs than 26 fathom, Tandy 
ground. Two or 3 miles within me, appeared like 
very fhoal water. Its latitude is 15 0 22' N. 
About 40 miles N. N. E. from the Subugars, lies 
the Ifland Comoran, a very low blackilh ifland, 
trenching away N.W. and S.S.E. excepting the north 
end, which turns off fuddeniy, and ftretches away 
N. N. E. When at the diftance of about 5 miles 
from this ifland, I had 23 fathom water, hard fand 
and gravel ftones, at the fame time it bore E. N. E. and, 
when the body bore N. E. diftance about 6 miles, I 
faw a large fquare white houfe near the waterfide. 
N. W. by N. by the compafs, from the Subu- 
gars, lies the Ifland Jebbel-Tar, diftance about 
25 miles. This ifland is of a moderate height, and 
may be feen 9 or 10 leagues from the maft-head, in 
clear weather; its latitude is about 15 0 36' N. and 
when it bore W. about 10 miles, I had 33 fathom 
water, a fandy bottom. 
After taking your departure from this ifland, when 
bound to Judda, the beft courfe to fteer is 
N. N. W. \ W. which is near the mid channel ; by 
fo doing, you may run boldly on all night, without 
fear. 
From Jebbel-Tar to the fmall iflands on the Ara- 
bian fide, laid down in about 18 0 N. latitude, I made 
the courfe N. 22 0 49', W. diftance 159 miles. It 
was about fun-fet when I firft faw two of thofe 
iflands ; they then bore from N. E. to S. E. by S. 
diftance from the neareft of them about 6 miles, and 
breakers a little to the fouthward about 5 miles. The 
fouthernmoft of thefe iflands lies in the latitude of 
18 6 2 ! N. according to my bearing and diftance at 
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