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require no further description. A pass into the interior winds round
near it.
Aseeloo, or Nabend Bay.
Aseeloo, or Nabend Bay, is formed by Nakle Taky and Aseeloo on
one side, and Cape Nabend on the other. It is five miles wide, and
rather more in depth. Several villages are situated round it. The
depth of water is from eleven to two and a half fathoms, Fn the middle
is a rocky bank, with three and a half fathoms least water on it. In
towards the bank, that runs off the shore all round to the distance of
one thousand yards, the ground is generally clay or mud, but in the
middle of the bay hard sand, with patches of rock. There is no danger
whatever within it, or at the entrance. The shore abreast of Nakle
Taky and Aseeloo should not be approached under seven fathoms.
After the Notch bears N., you may keep in any depth to three and a
half fathoms, and with the Notch from N. 10° to N. 15° W. is the best
anchorage for a ship in a north-wester, from three to four fathoms, mud.
In a south-easter you are sheltered in all parts of the bay.
Nakle Haghel.

Nakle Haghel is a small village, with a tower, in lat. 27° 23' 18" N.,
long. 52° 43' 15" E. It is subject to the Shaikh of Congoon, and
contains one hundred and fifty of the Beni Malah Tribe. Several small
villages within this, and a short distance from the shores of the bay, are
subject to Congoon, and contain altogether about nine hundred or one
thousand men, of the Beni Mullak and Beni Tamine Tribes.
Nabend Town.
Nabend Town is situated on the southern side of the bay, in lat. 27° 23'
27" N., long. 52° 41' 50" E. It is a small town, dependent on Aseeloo,
and contains about two hundred and forty men, of the A1 Aram and
Al Bakalif Tribes. It has a few small trading boats; cattle, poultry,
and good water are procurable.
Ruffar Village.
Ruffar village is situated on the south side of the bay, near Cape
Nabend, in lat. 27° 33' 36" N., long. 52° 40' 45" E., and contains about
sixty men, of the Al Aram Tribe.

Ras Nabend, or Cape Nabon.
Ras Nabend or Cape Nabon, in lat. 27° 22' 52" N., long. 52° 39' 39"
E., is a bold, projecting point, and forms the southern point of the bay.
The rocky bank does not extend more than eight hundred yards off it,
and even on that there is from three to two fathoms, close to the cape.
A ship running into the bay should round it in about seven fathoms ia