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38 MOGOO—LARRACK—CONCLUDING REMARKS.

fathoms, tough clay; the points which form the bay SE. by E 1 E t
W. by N. " " t0
Against a SE. Wind.—Polior S. | W. to S. by W. £ W., offshore three
quarters of a mile, in six and a quarter fathoms, tough clay.
The Shoal between Polior Island and Mogoo Bay.—The marks of this
shoal, as taken by Mr. Smart, Master of His Majesty’s ship Caroline, in
January 1810, are by compass ; the island of Polior S. £ W. to S. by
W. j W.; extremes of the Persian land NW.byW. to ENE. ; the
Eastern fall of Charak Hill, in one with the two points of the eastern
boundary of Mogoo Bay, which in the charts is improperly called Cape
Bestian, NNW. and NW. byN. These bearings were taken from a
boat. The shoal is composed of coarse sand and shells.
The remainder of the coast I have scarcely visited, indeed some
ports I have never seen ; but from every information I could gain,
I have no doubt that it is generally free from dangers as high as
Congoon.

LARRACK ISLAND.
Captain Wainwright, of His Majesty’s ship Chiffonne, from whom,
and from Lieutenant Tanner, of the Honorable Company’s Marine, I
have selected all the hydrographical details exhibited in the course of
this Report, describes Larrack Island as about five miles long, and
four broad; of tolerable height, barren, and with very few inhabitants.
He then proceeds thus :—“ It lies nearly NNW. of the Great Quoin,
at about seven leagues distance, its southern point being near the
lat. of 26° 50' N. There is no danger within half a mile of the shore.
This island has near its centre a small volcanic, conical hill, the
most perfect in its form I ever saw.”

CONCLUDING REMARKS.
The extreme general sterility of those parts of the continents of
Persia and Arabia which confine the intervening Gulf has contributed
to present to the view of its Natives the life of a freebooter in a moie
inviting form than could have been given to it had they been situate
in a country of greater resources. But this reflection, however it may
be admitted as a slight extenuation of their guilt, can never who y
excuse it, particularly when it is known that previous to these piratica
pursuits, which are almost the growth of the present century, an
sivc and lucrative commerce first gave them a fleet, and a band 0 a