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end 1 he outer parts of the island are rocky, and loose stones, except
at the western end, which contains good soil. The centre is a valley
with good soil, and cultivated. The inhabitants are civil, but greal
cheats. Good water, and some few supplies, are procurable. The
anc loiage of! the east end is well sheltered from north-westers, and that
at the north-east part from both north-westers and south-easters; but
the ground is bad, and it will always be prudent to lay with a'lonff
scope of cable out.
S hitwar, or C hitwar.
Shitwar, or Chitwar, is a small island, separated from Busheab by a
narrow channel, having three or four fathoms in it. The passasre is
about one-third over from Shitwar, but as the spit from Busheab runs
some distance out past the island, it is not considered safe, unless
to persons who have been through it before, as the reef does not always
show, and the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. have little or no change until you arc upon it.
ihe west point of Shitwar is in lat. 26° 47' 19" N., long. 53° 16 / 5V E.
S traits of B usheab.
The Straits of Busheab are formed by the islands of Busheab and Shit
war and the main. They are nearly nine miles wide at the western part
and five and a half between the spit off the north-east of Busheab and
Nakheeloo, its narrowest part; they are fourteen miles in length, and
have soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. from thirty-two to five fathoms ; in mid-channel the
soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. are from thirty-two to sixteen fathoms. The soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. at
the distance of one mile from the shore ar6 quite regular, and in no part
is there danger outside of five fathoms, which is outside the small bank
that runs along the side of Busheab. On the tail of the spit ruunino off
the north-east end of Busheab there are four fathoms water, and it shoals
gradually on it, until you near the shore to two -thirds of a mile, when
it shoals to two fathoms. No other danger exists in this fine channel
which until this time has been little known to Europeans,
J ezzar.
Jezzar is a considerable village, containing about two hundred men,
of the Albubalal Tribe, and is subject to Nakheeloo. It is in lat. 26° W
N., long. 53° 26' 45''' E.
I sland of I nderabia.
The \illage on the north side of the island of Inderabia is in lat 2fi 0
4149 N., long. 53 31" IS" E. The island is low, and about ten miles
in ciicurnference. It has about one hundred inhabitants, of the Abadalv
Tribe, and is subject to Cheroo.
S trait of I nderabia.
The Strait of Inderabia is formed by the island and the main It has
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