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DESCRIPTION OF TIIE ARABIAN COAST. 97

Next, Ras-al-Gussar; then Dohat Khawaitir; opposite which is
the bank, or Rigadh Dharub, formed entirely of mud.
Ghodhai, opposite to Koweit, with the sea between them.
Dohat Kadhimah ; opposite to which, in the sea, is a shallow flat; and
above this last a heap of ruins, called Kasir Yasin, in the midst of
the bay.
Dohat Jaharah; Dohat Abu Talk; Dohat-om-il-Namil; opposite to
which, to the eastward, is the island of the same name.
Dohat-om-il-Gashcd ; Dohat-as-Salaibikhat; Dohat-ash-Shuaik, the ■
port of Koweit, to the northward of which is an island called Garain
De hdar.
Dohat-al-Fijaimah; opposite to which, on the north, in the midst of
the sea, is a small shoal, on which the lesser boats do not ground ; north
of the shoal is Towainah, the anchorage of Koweit, and north of
Towainah a shoal, called A1 Akkaz.
A1 Koweil; Ras Ajuzah ; Benaid-al-Gar; Ash Shi-il; Ras-al-Ardh; .
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Bidi; Finaitis; Abu Faterrah ; Al Fanlas ; opposite to which is a bank . :
close to the shore.
Abu Holaifah; Al Fihaihil; Ash-shi-Acbah; Aj Jiraibah; Naga i!
Ghallab; Azaifian : opposite to which, to the eastward, is a bank; and
to the east of this last the island of Kabbar.
Ras-al-IIolaifah ; and within its bay, opposite, and to the north, a
bank called Omad Dakli Khair.
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Ras-az-Zur; Dohat Soulah; Khore-ul-Benarja; Ad Dirjud ; opposite '
to which, eastward, is a shoal termed Hid-il-Hamarah.
Al Famisi; Bard Half; opposite to which, eastward, is a shallow flat,
with five fathoms on it; eastward of this is the island Um-il-Maradim,
with fifteen fathoms.
Khore Khafje ; opposite and eastward of this is the island of Garah,
with fifteen fathoms.
Albihailh; between this and Amudah, the next station, there is, in
the sea to the eastward, the shoal Om-as-Sahal.
Al Amudah ; eastward of this is the island Al Magta-ah ; and east­
ward of this, Halat-il-Mish-aab; and further eastward, an hour and a
half run, in seven fathoms, are two shoals, called Ki-taa-ebn-Omran.
Adh Dhuluf; opposite to this a shoal, stretching from the land, aud
an anchorage between it and Amudah; to the eastward there is, in the
sea, a shoal with three fathoms water, called Maitamah; east of this is
another, called Sufan ; north-east of this is another, named Khalaloh,
with seven fathoms; eastward again is the Aridh, or tongue, termed
Aridh Khalaloh ; and between Khalaloh and Al Mansi is a shoal called
Abu Isaiyyah; with also a prong or tongue to the eastward, having
seven fathoms on it.