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COAST OF NUBIA. [CH.

opportunity he enjoyed of leaving the boat to
make his astronomical observations on shore.
I shall proceed to expose, in a tabular form,
a list of some places situated on the coast and

adjacent islands, with the positions laid down
by Bruce, and those of the same places ex­

tracted from our chart. An examination of
this table will, I am confident, convince the
reader that a great degree of credit is due to
Mr. Bruce for the general accuracy displayed
in his observations, notwithstanding the diffi­
culties under which he laboured; and the
facts therein exhibited will, I think, also show

that this part of the charge which some have
attempted to bring against the reputation of
Bruce, and which, as far as I am aware, has
never been satisfactorily repelled by his de­
fenders, is totally unmerited.
I shall commence with the observations
made during his first voyage from Kosair to
Jebel Makowar, and subsequently from the
former port, by way of T6r, Yembo’, and
Jiddah to Loheiya, and eventually to Masso-
wah. The longitudes I shall only contrast

when they are specified either in the text, or
in the Appendix to his travels.