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52° 25' 40" E. This island is low, and has a reef extending off all
parts except the south end, to a distance of from a mile to a mile and
a half. It is most extensive to the northward : off the southern end of
this island you have good shelter in a north-wester.

Island of Siierrarow.
The south point of the island of Sherrarow is in lat. 25° 2' N.,
long. 52° 17' 40" E. It is small and rocky. Off the north side, distant one
mile, is a high rock above water, having three fathoms close to it, and
eight and nine between it and the island. This island affords worse
shelter than any of the others in this group.
Yassaat, or Psyche’s Islands.
The Yassaat or Psyche’s Islands are a group of low islands, the
southern ones of which are formed of alternate strata of earth and
gypsum. The northern point of the group is in lat. 24° 14' 50" N.,
long. 51° 58' 30" E.; and the southern part is in lat. 24° 9' 45" N., long.
51° 58' E. A chain of reefs commences off the northern part of the
islands, and runs as far as Guffay, in lat. 24° 36' 10" N., long. 51° 42'
50" E. There is good anchorage under the lee of the islands, but in
rounding them you must pass to the eastward, the reefs above men­
tioned blocking up the passage.
Mahamalaii.
Mahamalah is a small rocky islet, in lat. 24° 7' 35" N., long. 51° 53' E.
Oaial Attub.
Omal Attub is a small island in lat.. 24° 13' N., long. 51° 51' 15" E.,
with several rocky islets lying off it. There is good anchorage in six
or seven fathoms off it.
Neighty Island.
Neighty Island is a small rocky island, with several detached islets
off it, in lat. 24° 16' 50" N., long. 51° 47' 45" E. A reef runs round the
island, and the channel between it and the shore is not more than
three quarters of a mile wide, with only three fathoms in some parts
of it.
Gussah Elbayah.
Gussah Elbayah is a small high rock, situated close to the shore, in
lat. 24° 7 50" N., long. 51° 47' E.

Ras-ool-Maechereeb.
Ras-ool-Maechereeb is a point in lat. 24° 17' N., long. 51° 44' 55y
E. It forms the north-eastern entrance of Dooat al Nachiah, which
is five miles deep, having from three to two fathoms in it; but there are
several shoal patches near the entrance.