"رحلات في آشور، ميديا، وبلاد فارس، بما في ذلك رحلة من بغداد مروراً بجبل زاغروس وصولاً إلى حمدان، في أكباتانا القديمة، والبحوث في أصفهان وأطلال برسبوليس، ورحلة منها مروراً بشيراز وشابور وصولاً إلى ساحل البحر. وصف البصرة، بوشهر، البحرين، هرمز، ومسقط، وسرد لحملة ضد قراصنة الخليج العربي، مع رسومات توضيحية لرحلة بحرية لنيرتشوس، والمرور ببحر العرب إلى بومباي. [‎٥‎٠‎٤] (٥٨٢/٥٣٥)

PROGRESS TO MUSCAT.
of the Great Quoin north-west half-north ; the island of the Little
Quoin north-west half-north ; and the outermost island of the
Cape, which is generally called Mussledom Island, north-west by
west half-west; with the visible extremes of the Persian land
from north-west by north to south-east. Our soundings having
now ceased to be a guide, as we had no bottom at fifty fathoms,
the lead was discontinued, and we still beat to windward until
midnight.
Dec . 4th.—During the early part of the morning it was calm,
and this was succeeded just before daylight by light breezes, vary
ing from west-north-west to east, or nearly all round the compass,
having at sun-rise the extremes of the Arabian shore from north by
west half-west to south-south-west half-west, and a portion of the
Persian land south-south-east.
At noon we were again becalmed, and observed in lat. 25° 48
north, long. 56° 42' east, the Arabian land bearing from north-west
to south-west by south.
In less than half an hour afterwards, a strong breeze freshened
up from the south-west, which obliged us to double-reef the top
sails, and send down royal yards and masts, the ship going eight
knots on a bowline, steering a south-south-east course, and close-
hauled to the wind. This continued until sun-set, when the only
visible land was a part of the Arabian coast, bearing west-south
west ; and at midnight we were steering a point off, with the same
breeze, and going nine knots free.
Dec . 5th.—The wind had drawn round to the westward after
midnight, and gradually passed it to north-west by north at sun
rise, going eight knots throughout on a south-east course, the high
land of Arabia then bearing from south-south-east to south-south-
west, very distant. At noon, however, we approached Muscat, the
principal port of the Arabian Sea, where it was intended we should
separate, leaving the Commodore to return to the Persian Gulf,
and proceeding ourselves to Bombay.