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isstrong, they generally run with it, but when it is light, and nearealm,
the t.de prevails, although irregular, more partieularly after you get oat
of the influence of the m-draught and out-set of the Gulf. It is a coast
hat should only be navigated where there is an object for it, for though
attended with little or no danger, yet in calms the great depth of water
and bad ground render it bad and inconvenient for anchorage, if
ound driving towards the shore; consequently a mid-channel course
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COAST OF BATINAH.
D ibbah,
Dibbah, the first town on the Batinah Coast, is in lat. 37'
long. 56° 20' 20" E. From Ras Laoote to the town of Dibbah, and
from it to Ras Dibbah, the coast forms a deep bay, with regular sound
ings of from twenty to three fathoms, sandy bottom. The coast now
go s low, and is covered with date groves, and at this place we found
good water, and the finest cattle I have met with in the Gulf; and, for
the season, fair supplies of vegetables. The inhabitants have a few
teadmg boats here, and supply some of the Bedouin Tribes with grain
The place belongs to the Imaum of Muskat, whose nominal revenue
rom it is about four thousand German crowns; but it is not always
paid. A fort named Jilla Hirshee is situated about two-thirds of a mile
to the northward.
R as D ibbah.
Ras Dibbah is in lat. 25° 35' 40' N., long. 56" 25' 50' E It is a
rocky point, forming the south-east extreme of Dibbah Bay. There is a
small rocky islet a quarter of a mile off it : between them is a boat
channel. One mile to the westward, within the bay, is a remarkable
while patch in the rocks forming the cape; the soundings near it are
five to ten fathoms. Two miles to the southward of Ras Dibbah is the
fort and village of Rual ; a mile and a half further Reema ; six miles to
the southward of which is a similar place, called Chunum; between
which and Khore Fukaun are the villages of Beddya and Zebana,
between which villages there is a reeky islet half a mile offshore The
soundings from Ras Dibbah to Khore Fukaun arc regular,' eight
fathoms, about a mile off shore.
K hore F ukaun.
The town of Khore Fukaun is situated in a small bay, formed by the
Ras of that name. It is in lat. 25° 20' 45' N., long. 25' 40" E. It
is a place of some trade, and has a Khore, or boat harbour, secure from