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voyage has at different periods operated in
causing the transfer of the trade from the port
of Arsinoe, near the modern Suez, success­
1 ively, to Myos-Hormus, Berenice, Adulis, and

lastly to ’Aden, without the Straits of Bab-el-
mandeb. A glance at the chart will show

ri that it would have been impossible to select
3 a port whose situation could have been better
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calculated for such a purpose than ’Ainunah.
The coincidence between the nature of the
coast here, with the situation of the islands of
Tiran, Senafer, and Barakan, and their posi­
tion and appearance as described in the ex­
tracts from Agatharchides, quoted in Dr. Vin­
cent’s work, is very striking.
The appellation of “ white,” which was be­
stowed on this and several other towns on the
coast, might still, from their being constructed
of the same material as formerly, be continued

to those at present in existence: the glare
produced by the sun shining on the coral
renders their whiteness distinguishable from
a great distance.
The country bordering on the sea-coast in
the vicinity of’Ainunah, and extending thence
to Mowilahh, affords better pasturage than