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270 TR/VVELS IN OMAN. [CH.

fair season on the Macran coast, where, al­
though a maritime survey, conducted at a
considerable expense, has fixed the geogra­

phical positions of the towns, every species
of information connected with its inhabitants

&c., is wanting.
The general observations which follow em­

brace the several subjects which I have not
embodied in the foregoing narrative.

I have not found it an easier task to fix the
limits of this province, than I before expe­

rienced in ascertaining those of Hydramaut
and Yemen. Under the denomination of

Oman, some geographers comprehend all that
tract which is encompassed by the provinces
of Hydramaut, Lahsa, and Nejd. To the

natives of the country, however, such a divi­
sion is now unknown ; and in speaking of

Om4n they merely refer to the space between
the districts of Jailan and Batna. Where in­

quiries or research would produce in either
instance no very satisfactory results, in my

delineation of the province I have adopted
the plan which appeared most natural, and
consider that only as Oman which, in its

general features, differs most prominently