'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎34] (71/733)

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KISITM LT T FT,
in lat. 27° P/ N., calculated from an indifferent observation, the ship
being near the land at the time it was taken. The coast 'then runs
W. and W.byS. to Luft Point. There is a good channel between
iushm and the main, about eight miles wide from the north point of
the island, and not three opposite to Old Luft, from whence it winds
among several wooded islands, until you reach Bassadore, of which I
will speak hereafter. The bottom is generally mud, and the deepest water
is near the island, but rocky ledges run a long distance from the point
o Klshm » most of which uncover at low-water. The tide falls about
twelve feet. As you approach Luft the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. become irregular
the bottom rocky, and the tide rapid.
Luft.
From the northern point of Luft, the coast turns abruptly to the south-
east, and, beyond that, tends westerly to the extremity of the island
Bassadore Point bearing SW. by W., leaving a deep bay, which is
ik aily filled with low islands covered with brushwood.
The harbour of Luft is secure, and the place is admirably adapted
to piratical pursuits.
1 he anchorage of the Chiffonne is as follows :
tlm\td" d .ead'NW r>re,ty SOOd 0bSerValio "' 260 57 ' ^NW.; point of
Jodcrabia asmau wooded island, in one with NE. point, N. j E., Luft
K E. 4 E., distant nearly three miles, in nine fathoms, mud.
soutw!rd S nf narrOW but pretty deep channel within the low island,
eh:"ar;::r^. ,ree ' srowing - of — —
the^mvnTKM " " le rf 16 " ^ 0f theisIand of Kishm -
arrive off a and An S ar Island the coast hollows until you
leagues from Kist '"-'"t' T" WhiCl1 iS a mined P a g oda ' aiul about fil 'e
An^ar which hp '" ' r l "' 11 ri ' ns to l'-'r a bly straight to the point opposite
h"" 1 ? fou1 ' Wlth "regular soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. , must be approach-
v ^b e S n r :r .o Ca t U ;• • t l0ng ,he ,ract 0f COaSt deseri^ Tl
lUivisaDie not to btand within i
ship will be less than two miles from fhe laTd. " " " SOme PartS the
d Natives , of Kishm ' most of ihe
later timp «3 tno • u- i i inland in earlier ages, and in those
contended 'for an" ^ ^ Ch ' Port "g«<5se, and English nations
now in^a state „f T™ COmmereia ' territorial possession, are
4 inhabi ^ n - among ^ ,ast
and Arriant wh;„h , ii (the ancient Oaracta of Nearchus
northern i:e ; KLhm eX t;, S .' n ^ ^ ^ ^nd ; Lnft, on its
' ( pnsent capital, on its north-eastern