'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎450] (481/582)

MAUDE'S ISLANDS.
roo is clear of shoals, that would be dangerous to small ships;
though there are sudden overfalls, on a coral bottom, from six to
three fathoms and a half.
Arzeneeah is in lat. 24° 56 / north, and long. 52 0 .33 / east. It is in
length about seven miles from east-north-east to west-south-west,
and in breadth about a league. It is rather high and uneven, and
the south side is particularly rugged. His Majesty's ship Favourite
anchored off this island in twelve and a half fathoms, on a coral
and sandy bottom ; the centre of the island bearing south by east
half-east, and the ship off shore from five to six miles. There are
no trees on the island, and but little other vegetation; and the
soil was found, on examination, to consist chiefly of metallic ore.
About a cable's length from the eastern extremity of the island,
and in that direction, is a rock above water, and a similar one also
off the opposite, or western extreme ; while from the north-east end
a shoal extends for nearly a mile from the shore, composed of coral
rocks and sand; and the south-west termination is a low and
barren point.
Delamee is in lat. 24° 36' north, and long. 52° ^ east. Its
length from north to south is about six miles, and its breadth less
than half that, from east to west. It is of a moderate height, and
of a darker colour than Arzeneeah. On its northern end, is a
round hill, the extremity of which terminates in a low sand; and
towards the southern point there are three small hummocks,
which slope off in a similar way. Off the northern end of the
island, a shoal extends for nearly two miles in that direction,
which ought not to be approached under seven fathoms; and the
passage to the southward of the island, or between it and the
Arabian shore, is considered as altogether unsafe. The channel
between Delamee and Arzeneeah is, however, clear of shoals;
though there are in it irregular soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. and overfalls, from
twenty-one to fifteen, and from twelve to seven fathoms.
Geziret Beni Aass is in lat. 24° 34 / north, and long. 52° 40 / east.
It is rather high in the centre, very rugged, and extending to the