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bank, when work between it and eight or nine on the south side, until
round the beacon, when anchor as before directed.
To sail into Bassadore from the northward, after passing Lingah
with a fair wind, steer about. E. by N. to ENE., until Bassadore Point is
seen, when steer for it, attending to the directions given above, When
coming from the southward, the soundings in the channel are from eight
to three and a half fathoms, until you approach Bassadore, when they
deepen as before described.
There is another passage along the island of Kishm, and within the
shoal part of the Bassadore flat, by keeping along shore in four to six
fathoms until the large hummock bears N. 73° E., true bearing, and
Bassadore Point N. 12° E. true, when steer across the bank W. by N.,
or W. by N. £ N., until you deepen over it, or the notch on the
I Persian Coast bears N.by W. i W., when proceed as above directed.
I would not recommend this channel except in cases of chase, or other
necessity, unless to a person well acquainted with it.

Clarence Straits.
Leaving Bassadore to proceed through Clarence Straits, weigh, if you
have a fair wind, at slack water, and steer about N. by E. until you
shoal into about five fathoms on the northern bank, when keep along
about E. in five to six fathoms, on the edge of that bank, until you get
the dale grove at Drakoon to bear true S. 26° E. This carries you safely
past Goree, a shoal of hard sand, on which there is not more in some
parts than a fathom and a half. After passing this you may steer along
the Kishm shore at a distance of a little more than half a mile, until
Lucy’s Peak, on the island of Kishm, bears S. 44° E. true bearing,
when you are off the entrance of the narrow straits or Khore Goran,
when, if going through them, steer towards the mosque, keeping it a little
open on your starboard bow. The soundings between the banks until
you enter the jungle are five to seven fathoms. You must now be
guided by your distance from the shore, keeping most on the larboard
shore until you pass the second opening or channel on that side ; then
keep rather nearest the starboard shore, or near to mid-channel, until you
open into the main channel beyond Inderabia Fort, on the Kishm shore.
To proceed through the main strait, or Khore Manaffee, you should
keep rather towards the larboard bank, in soundings of from six to
eight fathoms, until you pass a dry sandy islet off the islands fronting
Kammeer; then run along the island at a distance of a quarter of a
mile, in soundings of from seven to ten fathoms, until you get to the
end of it, when you will see the fort of Inderabia on Kishm, beariug
true S. 47° E.; then steer for the extreme point of the island of Kishm,
keeping in soundings of from six to fifteen fathoms. When you have