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from twenty-six to thirteen and six fathoms in it, over a bottom of rooks
and sand, There is no village here, but there are inhabitants on the
hills above.
Has Seenmed.
Ras Seenmed, the south point of Dooat Kubbal, is in lat. 26° V 20'
N., long. 56° 29' 30" E. It is a high, bluff, and bold craggy point, and
has twenty and twenty-six fathoms close to it.
Ras Merwee.
Ras Merwee is a point forming the northern part of a deep irregular
bay, ending at Lima Town. The point is in lat. 25° 58' 10" N., long.
56° 30' E. A small rocky islet lays off this point, and there are twenty-
seven and sixteen fathoms close to it.
Lima.
Lima is a small village of huts, made of stones, and very small, and
built up the side of a hill, which gives it a picturesque appearance. It
has about one hundred families of the hill tribes, and is in lat. 25° 55' 25'
N., long. 56° 28' 50" E. It is in the bottom of the bay formed by Ras
Merwee and Ras Lima. Between the former and the town there is a
projecting point, off which are some rocky islets. The soundings
throughout the bay are twenty to five fathoms close to Lima, over a
rocky, sandy bottom.
Ras Lima.
Ras Lima is a long, rugged, rocky point, running off from the town
nearly due east. It is in some parts sixty or eighty feet high. The
point is in lat. 25° 55' 30" N., long. 56° 31' 30" E. There is a small
islet a quarter of a mile from them ; there is a deep channel between
them, but unsafe, owing to the irregularity of the tides. The soundings
are, off the islet, twenty-four to thirty-four fathoms.
Ras Summootee.
Ras Summootee is the north point forming the Bay of Lima
Khodima. It is in lat. 25° 54' 37" N., long. 56° 30' 36" E.; soundings
near it twenty-seven to twenty-three fathoms. Within this, at the
bottom of the bay, is Lima Khodima, at which place there is a little
flat land, and a few date trees. The contrast from all the high and
black rock before you come to it, and after leaving it, makes it appear
a little Paradise in this rocky wilderness. In the bay are soundings
twenty to eight fathoms, and rather better ground than in the other
places. The bay is two and a quarter miles deep, and about a mile
to a mile and a half wide. Above this is a high, remarkable, peaked
hill, usually called Lima Peak.
Ras Khodima.
Ras Khodima, the southern point of the bay, is in lat. 25° 53' 40" N.,