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my run, which gave me about 5 miles to the South- 
ward of the Southernmoft Jebbel-Zeker ; but to my 
great furprize, juft as I was bearing away, I law two 
iflands right a-head, within about half a mile of us. 
We were then going at the rate of 4 knots: I imme- 
diately hauled off to the S. W. and foon after S. 
till I thought we were quite clear, and then (about 
two o’clock) going to bear away a fecond time, we 
difcovered two very fmall iflands, lefs than a mile 
from us, right a-head, upon which I fhortened fail, 
and laid the fh ip’s head to the Weft ward till day-light, 
when I perceived myfelf furrounded with a parcel of 
fmall iflands (not laid down in any chart), about 
half way between Jebbel-Zeker Alories and the 
Abyflinian fhore. It falling little wind, and the cur- 
rent driving me very fall: upon the Abyflinian fhore, 
I let go my anchor in 27 fathom Tandy bottom, and 
there laid till 1 o in the morning, when a breeze of 
wind fprung up from the Northward; I then im- 
mediately hove up my anchor, and flood over for 
Mocha fleering N. 77 0 E. diftance 39 miles : when 
at anchor, I was about 3 miles from the Abyflinian 
fhore, and about half a mile from a large rock, or 
rather a fmall ifland. While I was among thefe 
iflands, I faw no breakers or fhoal water; the leaft 
water we had was 27 fathom, and never more than 
40 fathom, and moftly Tandy ground. Moft of thefe 
limall iflands I have marked in my chart, pretty near 
as they bear from each other ; the diftance from the 
Abyflinian to the Arabian fhore is not more than 
40 or 45 miles (about the latitude of 13 0 2 15' N.) 
though in moft charts it is made to meafure from 70 
to 80 miles, which certainly muft be a great deal 
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