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170 COAST OF ARABIA. [cii.

of the garrison. Sheep can he purchased
here from the Arabs; also water, which is
good, and fire-wood, but the latter is indiffer­
ent and its supply uncertain. Small boats
occasionally visit Mowilahh for these neces­
saries, but the larger bagal&s proceed to
Shenn.
The coast in the vicinity and to the north­
ward of Mowilahh is low, gradually ascending
with a moderate elevation to the distance of
six or seven miles, when it rises abruptly in

hills to a great height, those near Mowilahh
terminating in sharp and singularly-shaped
peaks. When viewed from the northward,
several of these are shut in, and form a nar­
row ridge. The height of the most elevated
was found to be six thousand five hundred
feet, and it obtained from us the appellation
of “ Mowilahh High Peak.” From the south­
ward these have an irregular columnar ap­
pearance, with chasms, rather than valleys,
between them. They have frequently been

noticed by navigators in their passage up the
sea; and I observe Mr. Irwin, who sailed by
this part of the coast on his way from Yembo’
to Kosai'r, has styled them the Bullocks’