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Gonava.
Gonava is a large town, with very extensive ruins
near it. A river
runs up near the town. It has originally been a place of great import-
ance, as the extensive ruins show. Even now the Shaikh 1
can bring
from one thousand to twelve hundred horsemen into the field,
He is
dependent on the Shaikh of Bushire. There is a considerable
trade
with other ports in horses and grain from this place. A large mosque'
situated two* miles to the north of the river, is in lat. 29° 33' 25" N *
long. 50° 36' E. *’
Khore Kiialata.
The entrance to Khore Khalata, or Gonava River, is in lat. 29° 31'40"
N., long. 50° 36'6"E. It has one fathom at the entrance, and two inside
at low-water.
Bundaregt.
Bundaregt is a small town in lat. 29° 24' 20" N., long. 50° 40' 35"
E. Two small sandy islands point this town, forming a dry harbour
for vessels drawing not more than one fathom, which enter at high-
water, and lie aground on the ebb.
Khore Gassair.
Khore Gassair is rather a large rivulet. Its entrance is in lat. 29°
11' 20" N., long. 50° 40' 50" E. It has a fathom and a quarter at low-
water at the entrance, and two and a half and three fathoms inside at
low-water.
Khore Roiiilla.
Khore Rohilla is a small river, in lat. 29° 8' 10" N., long. 50° 42'
10" E.
Khore Khodhima.
Khore Khodhima, or Old Rohilla, is an inlet, with several sandbanks
inside ; lat. 29° 6' 25" N., long. 50° 40' 1" E.; soundings one to three
fathoms.
Ras Rohilla.
Ras Rohilla is a low sandy point, with a mound near it, in lat. 29°
4' 30" N., long. 50° 41' 25" E. From Ras Rohilla to Bushire extends a
flat, with two and three fathoms water on it at. high-water, and dry in
parts at low. In standing along it, three and a half and four fathoms
is a guide in the day, but you should not come under five fathoms
in the night.

BUSHIRE.
The flagstaff of the Residency at Bushire is in lat 29° °'^
It is a town of considerable importance, be g
long. 50° 51' 30" E ‘