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GULF OF PERSIA.

Ras-ool-Maroona.
Ras-ool-Maroona is a point in lat. 26° O' 50" N., and long. 51°
27' 40" E.
Affeeraat.
Affecraat, a small fishing town, in lat. 26° V 50" N., long. 51° 26' E.,
is inhabited by about one hundred and fifty men of the Abookara and
Ulloobcc Tribes, subject to Bahrein. A few cattle and water may be
procured here. There arc some small hills near this town, by which it
may be known.
Ras Amalisa.
Ras Amalisa is a point in lat. 26° 6' N., long. 51° 26" E. It may
be easily known by a small mound a little to the northward of it. A
small mound, like a tomb, situated near the point of the main, a little
within a backwater, is in lat. 26° 9' 40" N., long. 51° 20' 20" E.
Rooese.
The centre tower of Rooese is in lat. 26° 8' 25" N., long. 51° 18' 50" E.
It is a small town, much in ruins, situated on a shallow backwater, into
which the boats belonging to this part of the coast enter at high-water.
The inhabitants are about one hundred, of the Abookara and Uttoobce
Tribes, subject to Bahrein ; they are mostly fishermen.
Ras Reccan.
Ras Reccan is a small island, in the shape of a T, and is the northern
point. It is in lat. 26° 11' 25" N., long. 51° 18' 15" E., and is very low.
It is nearly joined to the main at low-water, the shallow backwater of
Rooesc being the only separation. From the point to A1 Bidder
southward, and to Warden’s Islands westward, the authority of the
Shaikh of Bahrein is acknowledged.
General Remarks on the Coast from Ras Allarch to Ras Reccan.—
After passing Fasht al Arief, and being abreast of Ras Allarch, you
should not come under five fathoms, which will be from two and a half
to three miles off shore, until you are abreast of Ras Abool Nasheit,
when it will be necessary, if not bound to Al Bidder, to keep more to
the eastward, not coming under four and a half or five fathoms, until you
are well past Ras Mut Buck. To preserve this depth, you will in some
places be ten and eleven miles off shore, abreast of Ras Mut Buck six
miles. After being well past the Ras, you may then keep in four
and a half or five fathoms, about two and a half miles offshore, until you
get near Ras Reccan.
General Remarks on the Coast from Aboothabee to Al Bidder.__The
- coast is nearly all destitute of water, and uninhabited, except by
straggling parties of the Monasir and other wandering tribes, and is