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SOU AT—OJAIR—ROUTE TO IIOOFOOF. 111
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ships near Tirhoot, a considerable and fertile island to 1 lie eastward of
Kateef, from which it is separated by a small arm of the sea. The
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bazar, which appears substantial, and well supplied, is outside the town. I
Good water is everywhere most abundant.—(Lieutenant Jopp, 1841.) i

Soiiat.
A good sized place, with a fort, about thirty-five miles from Bahrein, I
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and five from Kateef, is said to contain 1,000 fighting men, celebrated
for their warlike qualities. There is a constant and bitter feud between
the Chiefs of Sohat and Katccf.—(Lieutenant Edmunds, 1839.)
OjAIIt.
Situated within a few yards of the sea, at the extremity of a long
creek or bay, forty-five miles south of the populated part (the towns of I i
Munama and Muharag), but only fourteen miles from the southern .
end of the island of Bahrein, was, during the time of the Wahabee i i
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power, the port of Nujd, but now merely consists of a custom house
and small fort, with but few inhabitants and boats. It is, however, the !
most direct route to Lahsa, and the interior of Nujd, with which some i
traffic is still carried on by means of caravans of camels, and it would
appear to be the most desirable point of rendezvous for an army
invading Bahrein, from the defenceless end of which, as before stated,
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it is only fourteen miles removed. Good water is procurable at a short
distance from the fort in sand-pits, but is not very plentiful.—(Lieu­ j
tenant Edmunds, 1839.)

LIEUTENANT JOPP’S ROUTE, IN NOVEMBER 1341,
FROM
OJAIR TO HOOFOOF.

Distance. Remarks.

Miles. Furls. First Day's March.
13 4 From Ojair to Water-pits; distance performed on camels, in four and
a half hours.—Ojair is a small square fort, situated within a few yards
of the sea, at the extremity of a long creek or bay. There are no other
houses or buildings at Ojair. There is a governor or collector of cus-
toms, with fifteen or twenty men, at this place. Good water is pro-
curable at a short distance from the fort, in sand-pits. Immediately on
leaving Ojair you enter the desert. The first three or four miles of
the road is over very heavy sand. There is undulating ground the
whole way to the water-pits, where we halted for an hour.

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