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Has Bostana.
Has Bostana is alow point, in lat. 26° 28' 30" N., long. 54° 40' E.,
forming the south-east point of Mogoo Bay. It is safe to round at a
distance of three quarters of a mile, in six or seven fathoms.
Moooo Bay.
Mogoo Bay, formed by Ras-ool-Djrd on the western side, and Ras
Bostana on the south-east, is a deep bay, with soundings from nine to
three fathoms, and has good anchorage in north-westers abreast the
town of Mogoo, in four fathoms, with Ras-ool-Djrd bearing about
W. i N.
Bostana.
Bostana is a small village, in lat. 26° 29' 52" N., long. 54° 35' 44" E.
A few supplies may be obtained here. It contains a hundred men, of
the Manzeek Tribe, principally employed in fishing.

Polior Shoal.
The centre, or shoalest part of Polior Shoal, is in lat. 2G° 26' 5" N.,
long. 54° 37' 15" E. It is distant from the low point of Ras Bostana
three miles, and from the north point of Polior Island seven miles. A
line carried from the centre of Polior to the low point of Ras Bostana
passes over the two and a quarter fathom patch. The shoal is com­
posed of sand and rocks, and is six miles long, and two miles broad,
extending in a westerly, south-easterly, and northerly direction. The
channel on cither side is safe, but for large ships that next to the island
is the best, and they should not come under sixteen fathoms towards
the shoal at night. The inshore channel has from seven to eleven
fathoms in it, regular soundings.
Polior Island.
The north point of Polior Island is in lat. 26° 20' 30" N., long.
54° 36' E., the south point in lat. 26° 15' 30" N., long. 54° 35' 15" E.
The island is apparently of volcanic origin, and has no water. A rocky
patch extends a mile off the north-east end, with soundings of from
seven and eight fathoms to one fathom. On the south-eastern side you
may anchor close to the shore, sheltered from a north-wester, but it
would be unsafe in the event of a sudden change of wind to the south­
east, as the anchorage is so close to the shore that there would be very
great risk of the vessel being thrown on the rocks.
Nobeuze, or Nobfleure.
The centre of Nobeuze, or Nobfleure, is in lat. 26° 11' 30" N., long
54° 30' 40" E. 9
It is a small island, with a high lump hill on its
centre. It is surrounded by a reef, having from one and a half to