From The Port Of Igidid Till Half A League
Short Of The Harbour Of Comol, The Land Close To The
Shore is all
raised in small hills very close together, behind which, about a league
farther inland, are very high
Mountains rising into many high and sharp
peaks; and as we come nearer to Comol these hills approach the sea,
and in coming within half a league of Comol they are close to the
shore. Comol is eleven leagues beyond Igidid, and 68 from Swakem, and
is in lat. 22 deg. 30' N. This port is in the second bay, very near the face
of the point which juts out from the coast on the north-west side of
this second bay. Though not large, the port of Comol is very secure,
as towards the seaward it has certain reefs or shoals above water which
effectually defend it from all winds. The land around it is very plain
and pleasant, and is inhabited by many Badwis[298]. The north-west
point which ends the bay and covers this port is very long and fair,
being all low and level, being what was named by Ptolomy the promontory
of Prionoto in his third table of Africa, since the great mountains
which range along the whole of this coast end here.
[Footnote 298: Named Badois in the edition of Purchas, but certainly
the Badwis or Bedouins, signifying the People of the Desert, being
the name by which the Arabs who dwell in tents are distinguished from
those who inhabit towns.
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