BOMBAY TO BTJSHIRE. 
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The strong south wind, with which we were now favoured, was at this 
season considered extraordinary. It blew so strong that the Nereide, 
with every sail set, went ten and eleven knots. It is accompanied with 
much haze, not indeed to be compared to that which came with the hot 
wind from off the shore, though in the same manner it warped the fur- 
niture and slackened the rigging. 
On the 8th. we passed the island of Busheab , which, in Heather's 
map, is placed much too far to the eastward, and which ought to be 
called “ Khoshaub, or pleasant water," from the fresh spring in its ter¬ 
ritory. It is a long and low slip, but the land on the continent behind 
it is extremely high. We had a light sea breeze all day, that carried us 
off Cape Nabon, a part of the province of Farz. The thermometer 
stood at 93° in the cabin after dinner. On the morning of the 9th. it 
was reported that a fleet of five ships were seen from the mast-head. 
We conjectured that they might be Arab ships, bound from Muscat to 
Bussorah, which about this season proceed on their voyages. They 
carry thither annually eight thousand bales of coffee; and in return 
get cargoes of dates. The sea breeze of the day was extremely 
light, and set in at noon. In the evening the Barnhill , a remarkable 
piece of land, (which derived its name from its resemblance to an 
old and decayed thatched building, and which is situated over the 
town of Congoon,) bore N. and by W. of us. Here the whole coast is 
very high. 
On the morning of the 10th. we were off the Barnhill. The 
five ships had thus far kept us in a state of suspense; as we imagined 
that they might be the fleet of the Imaurn of Muscat , who possesses 
thirty sail of different descriptions. Some of his ships, indeed, are of a 
thousand tons burthen ; and one of forty guns, built at Bombay , is rather 
a formidable vessel.* The Imaurn in person frequently parades about 
* Jackson mentions in 1797 one of his ships, which carried upwards of a thousand 
men.—Journey, p. 8, 
