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XXI.] SOUTHERN ARABIA. 419
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Hovvhar possesses no bagalas, and the only
commercial intercourse the inhabitants en­
gage in is the exchange of their surplus
grain for dates, clothes, spices, &c., which are
p
brought annually in about twenty boats from
the eastern ports. A considerable quantity

of coffee from Shugra is also landed here.
W
Fish on this part of the coast is very plen­
tiful.

Ghbut Brum, from the circumstance of its
affording shelter in the south-west monsoon,
has long been known to Arab navigators.
Boats arriving thus far, late on their passage
from the Red Sea, which are apprehensive
of encountering the strong gales of that sea­
son, frequently put in there, and remain for
the fair season. As there is neither danger
nor difficulty in approaching the harbour,
which affords facilities of ingress and egress,
the knowledge of its existence may hereafter
prove of service to vessels on the coast *.
There is a small village and date-grove

bearing the same name as the port. The
village is built at the gorge of a pass, extend­
ing for some distance into the interior, and
* Latitude 14° 20' 40" N. Loogitude 49° 2' 50" E.
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