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GULF OF PERSIA.

Gonada.
Gonada, in lat. 24° 48' 5" N., long. 54° 52' 8" E., forma the entrance
to a backwater of the same name, shoal at the entrance.
Gorabee.
Gorabec, in lat. 24° 47' N., long. 54° 50' E., is another entrance to
the same backwater.
Has Ellora.
Ras Ellora, in lat. 24° 41' 40" N., long. 50° 42'10" E., is the point of
a considerable backwater which appeared to extend to, and join that of
Ras-ool-Grab. The entrance being shoal it was not examined.

Marafjain.
Marafjain, in lat. 24° 38' 30" N., long. 54° 40' 20" E., is the point
of a backwater, with a shoal entrance.
Ras-ool-Grab.
Ras-ool-Grab, in lat. 24° 36' 40" N., long. 54° 38' 50" E., is a mode­
rately elevated rocky headland, at one entrance of a large backwater;
shoal at the entrance, but deep water within. It was on this account
not examined.
Ras-ool-Luffan.
Ras*ool-Luflan, in lat. 24° 31' 45" N., long. 54° 34' 10" E., is a low
point at the north-eastern entrance of the backwater that surrounds
Aboothabee.
Aboothabee.
Aboothabee, in lat. 24° 29' 21" N., long. 54° 32' 20" E., is situated
on a sandy island, and is the principal place of the Beniyas Tribe, and
the residence of their Chief, Shaikh Tahnoon. The tribe consists of
about two thousand four hundred men ; but there are, of the Monasir
and other tribes, near five thousand more, who acknowledge his govern­
ment. These mostly reside in the interior, at several places in a district
called Ruffthra. At Aboothabee the inhabitants are about twelve
hundred generally, although much increased in the pearl season, con-
sisting of people of the above tribes, and a number of Banians, who are
traders and goldsmiths. There is in the town a fortified house, and a
small tower. There are several more towers in different parts of the
island, and two or three villages.
The inhabitants have a number of trading boats, and take a large share
in the pearl fishery. These form their principal resources, as the country
affords little or nothing; cattle and poultry are occasionally procurable,
but the only water they have is quite salt. The anchorage is foul, and
unsafe, except in southerly winds. Inshore, abreast the
town, about

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