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closed to the Kishm shore, steer about E. by S. J S., until off the villas
of 1 eypusht, attending particularly to your soundings, and not comi8
under six fathoms. You may now steer along the Kishm shore ”8
soundings of from six to twelve or thirteen fathoms, at a distancel/**
large quarter of a mile, until you come to the village of DuraaunT
You must now steer out NE. by E. } E. to NE. by E. : this will
carry you out of the straits, in soundings of from six to eleven fathoms
Mosiia.
Mosha is a village opposite Bassadore, with
a few inhabitants,
mostly fishermen and wood-cuttcrs. From this to the commence­
ment of the jungles the coast is uninhabited. The jungles begin about
thirteen miles above this place, and continue on the Persian side to
about lat. 26° 57' 30" N., long. 55° 47' E.

Kammeer.
Kammeer is in lat. 26° 56' 407 N., long. 55° 40' 20" E., and belongs
to the Imaum of Muskat. It has large mines of sulphur, and very
large quantities arc annually exported.

An old Mosque.
An old mosque stands in lat. 27° 40' N., long. 56° 9' E. In this old
building were found written up the names of many persons, supposed
to be of the old English factory, some of them dated as far back as 1727.
Sesoor.
Sesoor is a small village, with a town, in lat. 27° 9' N., long. 56° 16'
E. It has about one hundred inhabitants, mostly fishermen.
Bunder Abbas.
Bunder Abbas is in lat. 27° 10' 35" N., long. 56° 18' 4S" E. It was
once a town of great trade and importance, but has much fallen oft : it
still has a considerable trade, the amount of customs averaging eight to
ten thousand German crowns. Tobacco and dried fruits from Persia
are exported ; English piece goods and China and India goods to the
amount of two or three lakhs of rupees are the imports. These things
the disturb-
find their way into the interior of Persia by this route, since
ances at Bushire.
There are very exten-
This place is said to be increasing in trade,
sive ruins of the old English factory, which must have been a very
superior building; there arc the ruins of two block houses in front oi it.
The old Dutch factory is now the palace of the Imaum of IVLuskat, w 10
farms the place from the Persian Government. It has a fluptuaUng
population of about four or five thousand people, mostly Am
Persians, but there are a few Banians and Armenians settled her .

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