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CHAP. XXIV.] DISTRICT OF JAlLAN. 641
tance of about 30 miles, till it meets the Persian gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Ras-
el-Khaimah.; previously sending out, from near the parallel of
25° N.L., a branch to Maskat, between which and the preced
ing branch are singular piles of mountains, of various eleva
tions. 1 The width of the main chain is 12 or 15 miles, the cul
minating point being 7187 feet above the sea, and the average
height from 3000 feet to 3500 feet; the lower ranges are gene
rally of felspar and mica slate, and the upper of primitive lime
stone ; the chain is without wood and has a barren appearance.
The surface of the province is varied by woods and oases, or Surface of
cultivated tracts at short intervals from one another; the latter 0mdn '
produce wheat, barley, and a variety of fruits ; in the former are
lofty trees, chiefly the Acacia Arabica and the Acacia vera,
both producing gum-arabic; but that which is obtained from
the last is the best. 3
Some centuries back the foreign commerce of this province Ancient com-
extended to Sinde, India, China, and Africa; 4 the interior merce '
trade was carried on northward along the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and
again westward by Nezuyah, Ajlah, Adhud, Bir-es-Selah and
Jak; from whence there are 21 merhileh to Mekkah, eight of
which are through sandy deserts. 5
The native subdivisions of the province are four; the district Native sub-
of 'Oman occupies the centre, Jailan all the tract to the south
eastward, and Dhorrah and Batna in parallel directions fill
up the remainder of the territory ; the latter lying along the
coast, and the former south-west of the great chain.
The district of Jailan has one ancient and one modern port; Ports of Jailan.
the former contains the remains of one building near the fish
ing village of Kilhat, which is about 35 miles north-west of
Ras-el-Hadd, and the latter is about midway between the two
places. It presents merely a collection of huts, neatly con
structed of palm branches, on either side of a deep lagoon,
which serves as a harbour from which, during the fair season,
1 Lieutenant Wellsted, vol. VII., p. 112, of the Royal Geographical Journal.
2 Lieutenant Wellsted's Travels in 'Omdn, &c., vol. L, p. 138-1.40.
a Ibid., p. 283.
4 Notes from A1 Azize; translated by Dr. Aloys Sprenger.
5 Jihdn Numa, p. 543.