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588 NAVIGATION OF THE

RaAmah’s Tower.
Rahmah’s Tower is a small round tower, built by that, chief, about
half a mile from Khore Kwoire.

Bashee.
Bashee is a small village, in lat. 28° SO7 10" N., long. 51° 6' 10" E.
Tangassier.
Tangassier is a small town under the Asses Ears, in lat. 28° 31' 30'
N., long. 51° 8' 22" E. Here the Tangassier District ends.

Asses Ears.
The Asses Ears are two small passes on the high land; they may be
known from a third small peak rising by their side. They are in lat.
28° 29' 50" N., long. 51° 15'E., and are a well known landmark.
Kagoor.
Kagoor is a small village, in lat. 28° 18' 40" N., long. 51° 17' 30" E.
Luir.
Luir is a small village, about one mile to the south of Kagoor.
Khore Jayhira.
Khore Jayhira is a small fresh-water river, in lat. 28° 9' 35" N.,
long. 51° 21' 10" E.
Ras-ool-Khan.
Ras-ool-Khan is a low sandy point, in lat. 28° 2' 5" N., long.
51° 22'30" E., under which vessels not drawing more than twelve feet
water may find shelter in a north-wester, but should be careful how they
enter this bay, as there are one or two small rocky shoals, with only ten
or fifteen feet water on them. This anchorage is called Bunder Khan,
and from hence commences Burdistan Bank.
Ras Yabreen.
Ras Yabreen is in lat. 27° 55' 40" N., long. 51° 28' 40" E., and is a
low point. Jezeerat Yabreen is separated from it by a channel with
ten or twelve fathoms water in it, but has not more than five or six feet
at the entrance. This island is the commencement (to the northward)
of the islands and banks which form the Burdistan Reef. The islands
may be approached to four and a half or five fathoms in the day, but
you should not come under seven fathoms in the night.
General Remarks on the Navigation from Bushire to Jezeerat
Yabreen.—Leaving Bushire, and being clear of the pilot in three and a
half or four fathoms, stand down along the coast (if with a fair
wind) in that depth until you pass Bushire Point, when it deepens into