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five and a, half fathoms, A course now S.byE. will take you fairly
down to the line of ten fathoms on the JBurdistan Bank, which should
be crossed in this depth.
If a beating wind, you should not stand off into more than twenty-
eight fathoms, and inshore at night into less than eight fathoms, unless
above the Asses Ears, in which case you may stand into five or six
fathoms; in the day-time, you may approach the shore to four fathoms,
being to the southward of the Asses Ears. Twenty-eight fathoms off
shore, to five or six fathoms inshore in the day-time, and seven or eight
fathoms in the night, will be safe working, until you reach Yabreen
Island.
Jezeerat Mulgassab.
Jezeerat Mulgassab is a low, narrow island, about five and a half
miles long, extending from Yabreen Island, in lat. 27° 50' 30" N., long.
51° 32' E. Within is a narrow channel with twelve or fourteen fathoms,
but blocked up at each end. You may approach this island to five
fathoms in the day, and seven in the night.

Monakeela, or Mongeller.
Monakeela, or Mongeller, is a low, sandy island, joined on to
Mulgassab by a reef nearly dry at low-water. It has date trees on it,
and the ruins of an old building, and is in lat. 27° 49' 15" N., long. 51°
33' 10" E.; variation 3° 40' W. in 1827. High-water full and chango
7h. 50m.; rise and fall seven feet. It may be seen about eight or
nine miles from the deck of a ship of four hundred tons.
Ras Moosalyee.

Ras Moosalyee is a low point within the reefs on the main, in lat..
27° 53' 20" N., long. 51° 32' 50" E. About a mile and a half to the*
eastward is a small sandy island of the same name.
Mulgurram.
Mulgurram is a low point of the main, in lat. 27° 50'30" N., long.
51° 38' E. South-west a mile and a half is Jezeerat Mulgurram, a
small woody island. There is a gut between it and the point, with ten
fathoms in it, and there is a fathom and a half at low-water on the bank,
without it. In this gut the Congoon boats are laid up when dismasted
for the season.
Gebil Dering, or Hummocks of Kenn.
Gebil Dering, or the Hummocks of Kenn, form a well known land­
mark, in lat. 28° 3' 55" N., long. 51° 47' 27" E. (the centre hummock).
When the centre hummock bears N. 26° W. true, you are clear of th«
reef or foul ground, and may stand in on that line to five fathoms.

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