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long. 56° 29' 40" E. It is moderately high, and rugged 3-nd has
seventeen fathoms water off it. 3
Ras Sherriat.
Ras Sherriat is the north point of a small cove of the same
name. It
is in lat. 25° 50' N., long. 56° 27' 10" E.; soundings off it seventeen
fathoms, hard rocky bottom.
Dooat Sherriat.
Dooat Sherriat is a cove a mile and a half deep, about one mile wide
within, and one mile between the points at the entrance ; the soundings
twenty fathoms at the entrance, to four fathoms at the bottom. &

JlBBUL HuFFAR, OR SULKY PEAK.
Jibbul Huffar, or Sulky Peak, is a high peak, in lat. 25° 48' N., lon^.
56° 24' 35" E.
Remarks.—From Dooat Sherriat to Khore Malak the land is full of
small indentures, some going three quarters of a mile in, and having
twelve to fifteen fathoms water, but otherwise of no note ; outside
the soundings are thirty to seventeen fathoms.
Khore Malak, North Point.
The north point of Khore Malak is in lat. 25° 46' 40" N., long. 56°
26' 30" E. It is a small cove, one mile deep, with eight and four fathoms
in it. From this to Ras Huffar the coast is steep, with soundings of from
thirty to fifteen fathoms.
Ras Huffar.
Ras Huffar, the point of the cove of the same name, is in lat. 25° 43'
30" N., long. 56° 22' 40" E. It is moderately high, the soundings off
its point being ten fathoms.
Dooat Huffar.
Dooat Huffar is a cove running up north within the cape of the same
name. It is half a mile wide, and two and a quarter long; the soundings
within are regular, eight to five fathoms. This is the last cove off the
Ras-ool-Gebal; and at its southern point, Ras Saoote, in lat. 25° 41'
40" N., long. 56° 22' 50" E., ends the range. Across this part of the
land to Ras-ool-Khyma the distance is only sixteen miles. After
leaving this place, the country begins to be flat and cultivated, and
continues so until past Burka.

CURRENTS.
whole coast of Ras-ool-Gebal much depend
The currents along the
influenced : when the wind
on the slate of the wind by which they are

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