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were well received by the reigning Imaum, who, however, became
less friendly when the British party were detained owing to
Dr. Hulton's illness. After a stay of one month they quitted
Sanaa, and, in fourteen days, arrived at Mocha. Dr. Hulton
died soon after his arrival on board the 4 Palinurus,' much
regretted by his shipmates. Mr. Cruttenden published an in
teresting account of this visit to Sanaa, which appears in
Vol. II. of the " Transactions of the Bombay Geographical
Society," and A^oL VIII. of the "Journal of the Royal Geogra
phical Society," accompanied with a map. In May, 1837, the
survey of the south-east coast of Arabia was suspended,* owing
to Commander Haines' services being again required in a poli
tical capacity, in connection with the acquisition of Aden as a
coaling station, and the survey was not resumed until 1844,
when his assistant, Commander J. P. Sanders, continued the
work.
Of the survey, as originally planned, when Commander Haines
quitted Bombay in October, 1833, there remained uncompleted
the portion of the coast between Cape Isolette and Ras el Hadd,
and from 50° SO' E. long., 50° 4' N. lat., to within nine miles of
Morebat; and, on the African coast, from Cape Gardafui, or
Ras Aseer, the north-east point of Africa, to within a few miles
of Ras el Bir. To complete this latter portion, and to survey
Kurrachee and Sonmeanee, Lieutenant Carless sailed from
Bombay in the Palinurus,' in October, 1837, having, as his
assistants. Midshipmen An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. Grieve and Selby. He first proceeded
to the mouths of the Indus for the purpose of laying down
buoys and erecting beacons to facilitate the navigation of the
Hujamree and Kedywarree mouths, and then, after surveying
Kurrachee Bay and Sonmeanee, left the former place on the
7th of February, 1838; and, after a passage of sixteen days,
the 'Palinurus' anchored in the large bay on the south side of
Ras Hafoon, or " the Surrounded." He says, in his report, dated
the 28th of April, 1838:—"From this place the survey of
the eastern coast of Africa has been completed up to Ras Jered
Hafoon,t and from thence to the westward as far as Ras Gul-
wainee, a low point about thirty miles east of Burnt Island.
The distance between Ras Hafoon and Ras Gulwainee is 340
miles. The country near the sea has also been minutely
examined. We found fourteen bunders, or towns, each defended
by two or three forts between Ras Jered Hafoon, and Ras Gul-
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* The following are the charts resulting from Commander Haines' labours :—
1. Entrance to the Heel Sea, Kaines, 1835 ; 2. South-east coast of Arabia,
from Straits of Babelmandel to Misenaat, with several plans, Haines, 1836 ;
3. The several bays near Cape Aden, Haines, 1836; Kooria Mooria Islands,
Haines, 1836 ; Island of Socotra, Haines, 1834.
f Ras Jered Hafoon, or Shenareef, is situated ten miles south of Cape
Gardafui, which again is about twenty-eight leagues to the northward of Has
Hafoon.
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