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                                         GULF OF PERSIA.

               until you get to Gebil Ali, already described, when the coast continues
               flat and barren, with here and there a few rocky cliffs, until you
               reach Aboothabee, which is on a flat sandy island, without a shrub
               near it.
                                          Gebil Stacey.
                 Gebil Slacey is a small island and hill, situated in Aboothabee
               Creek, in lat. 24° 23' 40" N., long. 54° 26' 10" E.
                                      Jazeerat el Barany.
                 Northern Point is in lat. 24° 2G' 10" N., long. 54° 26' 40" E. This
              island is low and sandy, with some groves of trees in different parts.
              A reef fronts it to about two and a half or three miles.
                                       Gebil Buksciiacey.
                 Gebil Buckschascy is a hill on the island of the same name, in lat.
              24° IS' 30" N., long. 54° 23' E. The island is low, and the inlet be­
              tween it and el Barany has three fathoms within, but is nearly dry at
              the entrance at low-water.
                                          Ras Zubbazie.
                Ras Zubbazie is a low point of the main, in lat. 24° 19' 20" N., long.
              54° 21' 20" E.
                                           Ras el Ciiaaf.
                Ras el Chaaf is a flat, elevated rocky point of the main, in lat.
              24° 17' N., and long. 54° IS' 30" E.

                                         Oman Majarib.
                The northern point is in lat. 24° 13' 50" N., long. 54° 17' 30" E. This
              island is low, and covered with mangrove trees. There are two fathoms
              of water in the creek round it, but no entrance.
                                       Jazeerat Guntoor.
                Jazeerat Guntoor is similar to the last; its east point is in lat.
              24° 11' 10" N., long. 54° 14' 25" E.

                                         Khore Guntoor.
                The entrance to Khore Guntoor is in lat. 24° IS' 40" N., long.
              54° 11' E., is about one mile wide, and has near three fathoms at the
              entrance at high-water spring tides, which is between two reefs;
              within it is narrow, and has four or five fathoms water.

                                         Gebil Sulalee.
                Gebil Sulalee, on the island of the same name, is in lat. 24° 11' 50"
              N., long. 54° 9'50" E. The island is generally low, except this hill,
              and a few mounds in different parts.

                                       Jazeerat Billyaird.
                The northern point is in lat. 24° 15' 40" N., long. 53° 55' 40" E.;
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