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292 BAHREIN—MARITIME ARAD STATES.

IX.—Its harbour, though in some degree difficult of access, is
good, and well sheltered, and will admit
Menus of Communication,
vessels drawing not more than sixteen or
seventeen feet of water.
Climate. X. —The climate is bad.
XI. —Fevers prevail, and strangers sleeping on
Prcvalcnt Diseases.
shore arc liable to suffer from its deadly effects.
XIJ.—The heat in summer is excessive ; no idea can be formed
of the average range of the thermometer, or of
Average Range of Ther­
mometer. the average fall of rain.
XIIJ'.—Fifty thousand inhabitants on the island. No correct esti­
mate can be formed, without further inquiry,
Estimated Population,
of the population of the dependencies of Bah-
rein on the Gultur Coast.