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all winds, half a mile deep, with two and three fathoms water in it
This place has about four hundred inhabitants. It has a few
trading
boats. About fifty of the inhabitants are Banians. It belongs to the
Imaum of Muskat, whose nominal revenue from it is about
thousand German crowns. Excellent water, and pretty good suppUes
of cattle and poultry, are to be had here ; also excellent fish. Ras
Khore Fukaun is a rocky point, rather high, one mile north-east of the
town, and forms the extreme of the bay. Between Ras Khore Fukaun
and Fedjeerah are three villages, Sunmeum being the one nearest that
place. The whole coast is abundantly planted with date groves,
and the soundings off it regular to five fathoms, half or three quarters of
a mile off shore.
Fedjeerah.
Fedjeerah is a small fort and village, in lat. 25° 7' 30" N., long.
56° 23' 40" E. It has about one hundred and fifty inhabitants, mostly
fishermen and cultivators.
Rhudal Kulba.
Rhudal Kulba is a fort and village, in lat. 25° 4' 20" N., long. 56° 24'
26" E. It has about one hundred inhabitants, who are fishermen and
cultivators. A few supplies may be obtained at all these places.
Khore Kulba, and Fort.
Khore Kulba Fort is a fort on the side of a creek, into which
boats of twenty or thirty tons can go. It has some trade, particularly
with the inland tribes, about two hundred inhabitants, and is in lat.
25° O' 50v N., long., 56° 24' 26" E. Supplies of cattle and poultry may
be obtained here. Off these last three places, the soundings are regular
to four fathoms, three quarters of a mile off shore. Between this and
Shinas are successively situated the forts and villages of Maharae,
Kuthrawain, Aboobugarrah, and Huggur. At each of these places the
number of the inhabitants varies from seventy to one hundred, some
employed in the coasting trade, others as fishermen and cultivators.
A few supplies may be obtained at all these places.

Shinas.
Shinas is a fort and town in lat. 24° 44' 41" N., long. 56° 33' lb" E. It
is noted in the annals of the expedition of 1809 as the place where many
also the
men fell from the enemy being undervalued. This place, as
whole of the Batinah Coast, belongs to the Imaum of Muskat. His
Water
nominal revenue is about three thousand German crowns.
The place has a good deal of coastin0
and supplies are to be had here,
and contains about five
trade, has a number of boats belonging to it,
cultivated near it,
hundred inhabitants. The country is pretty well
From Shinas
and the anchorage is good in six fathoms, clay bottom.