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MEMOIR ON JUIIREYN. 41

H. M. Ship Main, I.N., and any sloop of war could do the same. It is
moreover a saving of twenty miles upon the usual route round the head of
vtlic Yarrom ; tho latter being forty-five miles from Bahreyn to KatilT,
and the former twenty-five miles from anchorage to anchorage, with the
advantage of smooth water. To render the passage to Domain com­
plete, however, a dangerous reef, lying to the westward of the Khaur-
fasht, called the Chaschus, apparently steep to, should be examined
and defined, as also the Neywah on the northern side of the passage.
When in tow of the Semiramis in the Mahi,- as above, we passed in
one cast from 2£ fins, to 7J fins., this was on the northern edge of
the Chaschus reef. The coast line, &c. from Demam to Tanhora, is far
from correct, but I regret to say I am not in. a position to furnish any
amended plan of it from want of means, A place over which I was
directed to keep a surveillance, called Sennabis, of tho Boo-Fclassur,
is not shown in the “ Chart of El KatifF,” and is situated, when properly
projected, on a reef shown as covered at high water. Lieutenant
Constable in his memoir apologises for this plan of “ El. KatifF.”
These remarks have been simply advanced from the fact of its connec­
tion with the Khaur-cl-Bab, as also that of its being far the most trouble­
some portion of the Gulf; continually domnnding the presence of a
Vessel of the squadron to ensure order, and prevent disturbance,
v Whilst pursuing tho examination of the Khaur-cl-Bab, I took the
opportunity, as it presented itself, of testing the correctness of the
Chart of Bahreyn Harbour, at present in use; and I found that, although
it was sufticicnt to give some .idea of the place, it was considerably out
in detail.
\ The chart now presented is constructed on the plane scale, one inch
to 2,000 yards, and has been plotted with every possible attention to
accuracy. In addition to the soundings in the harbour, 1 have been
able to furnish some idea of the country inland, the result of a trip that
I. made to Ituffar, and Jibbul Dukhan, the most elevated ground on the
inland of Bahreyn, on the summit of which I have erected a pyramid
at the site of my station.
vV|Altogether, the chart professes to be little more than a guide to a
yiorc minute and perfect survey on some future occasion, and it is as
such, alone, that I venture to lay it before the public.
By a carefully-measured base, the true bearing of the Sheykh’s
house, at Manama (through which I have drawn the True meridian)
from the highest pinnacle of the Jellahut al Bahreyn, or Portuguese
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