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COAST OF NUBIA. [CH.

those which Bruce traversed in the course of
his journey.

The information from which the following
observations on the island of Dahalak were
drawn up, has been kindly furnished to me
by the officers of the Honourable Company’s
ship Benares, who were charged with the
survey of the southern half of the Red Sea.
I have been allowed the perusal of notes

taken on the spot, as well as to copy a sketch
of the plan of the island and the surrounding
islands, which will greatly facilitate the com­
prehension of the subject.
Bruce’s visit to Dahalak, and the informa­
tion he has published respecting it, have been
treated with as little courtesy as was the ac­
count of his trip to the islands which we have
just been considering. The whole narrative
has been, in like manner, unhesitatingly pro­
nounced as untrue, and the fact of his having
visited the island at all has been called in
question. I shall briefly state the leading
objections urged in defence ol this uncharit­

able view of Bruce’s merits. They are taken
from the account of Captain Court and Mr.
Salt’s journey across, and survey of the island,