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580 NAVIGATION OF THE

Gufgali in thirteen to fifteen or sixteen fathoms, according to the time
of tide, and the tail of the Abadan in four to five fathoms, when a course
west, if a flood tide, will bring you on the Abdoolla Bank, two and a
half or three fathoms low-water, which is a fair berth for anchoring if
the tide is not favourable for entering the river, as from this you can
always run into Khore Abdoolla if it comes to blow hard from the SE.
at which time no pilot will cross the bar.
Ali Meidan.
Ali Meidan is an extensive flat of mud and sand, extending from lat
29° 46' N., long. 48° 46' 30" E., to lat. 29° 55' N., long. 49° 5/&E. From
the shore the soundings are from seven fathoms on the southern part to
two fathoms at five miles off shore, The soundings on this flat are
regular, which has got it the name of Meidan : they scarcely vary,
except at the edges, in the same parallel, all over the bank. The pilots
always try to cross the bank in four or five fathoms, when bound to -
the river.
Kiiore Bamesiiere.
The western point of Khore Bamcsherc is in lat. 30° N., long.
48° 38' 50" E.; the eastern in lat. 29° 59' 30" N., long. 4S° 44' 30" E.
It was formerly used by trading vessels, and was navigable a consi­
derable way up ; but is now blocked by a bund near the Haffar Canal.
It runs in from the Ali Meidan, the soundings not varying more than a
quarter of a fathom, until you get as high as lat. about 29° 51' 30" N.,
when they deepen to five and seven fathoms, according to the time of
tide, and decrease again to three and four fathoms at low-water as you
near the points. r
Khore Seledge.
Khore Seledge is a small river, whose entrance is nearly blocked up.
It is in lat. 29° 59' 20" N., long. 48° 46' E., and runs into the Karroon.

Dorakastan.
Dorakastan is the land formed between the Bameshere and Bunda
Monsure.- Khore Seledge and Khore Dorakastan run through this
trench, which is little more than a mudbank. The part to the east­ i
ward of Khore Dorakastan is named Bussaaf.

Khore Dorakastan.
Khore Dorakastan is a small river, running into the Karroon ; it has I
one fathom at the entrance, at low-water, and three and four fathoms
inside. Its entrance is in lat. 30° V 20" N., long. 48° 54 30 '
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Khore Moos a.
The entrance to Khore Moosa, or Moses, is in lat. 29° 57' 10'N.,^ long. i
49° 4' E.? and runs up to the northward until it reaches un
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