'Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent' [‎279] (332/552)

SAILING FEOM KOSSEIR TO ADEN 279
We started at last, and got at least two miles, when we
were awakened by a great gale. I was nearly blown out of
bed. The sail was taken down, and we were in some danger,
as it was feared the mast would give way. We anchored,
and the wind seemed to blow from all sides at once; the
small boat was nearly smashed against the rudder. The
stars were shining brightly all the time.
We started again at dawn, and did not go more than
three-quarters of a mile in the whole day, the wind being so
contrary. One of the peculiarities of our navigation was
that whenever we tacked we went completely round. At
sunset we had to cast anchor again, and lie tossing till three,
and then went on well.
While at anchor we heard shouts and cries to come to
land, but our sailors would do nothing of the sort. They
said a single man might often be seen calling that he was
wrecked, and asking to be fetched away, but a party of
armed men would be behind a rock, and come out and
murder the benevolent crew and steal the boat.
It was really delightful in the morning to open my still
sleepy eyes and, without moving, to see the lovely picture
which seemed to be passing before me—not I before it of
beautiful mountains with their foreground of water, every
fold and distance filled up and separated by soft vapours.
Then sunrise began to paint the rocks red, and black
shadows came and changed their shapes, and presently all
became hard and stony looking.
Passing Has Hamar, which is the next cape to Risout,
we had seen easily how it had acquired the name, for it looks
like a donkey drinking, with its nose in the water and its
ears cocked. This shows particularly from the west. In
the pilot book of that sea, it is stated that it is called Hamar,
or Ahmar, from its red colour; but it is not red. The two
peculiar peaks on its summit are noticed.