These Two Mountains Are About
Two Leagues Short Of The Port Of Sharm-Al-Kiman.
Gualibo, which is
122 leagues beyond Swakem, is very like the port of Sharm-al-Kiman;
except that the one is environed by many mountains, while the land round
the other is an extensive plain.
The entry to this port is between
certain rocks or shoals on which the sea breaks with much force, but the
entry is deep and large. After sunrise on the 13th we left the port of
Gualibo, and as the wind was strong at N.W. making a heavy sea, we
rowed along shore, and at ten in the morning went into a port named
Tuna, a league and half beyond Gualibo. Tuna is a small foul
haven, beyond Swakem 123 leagues and a half, in lat. 25 deg. 30' N. The
entrance is between rocks, and within it is so much encumbered with
shoals and rocks that it is a small and sorry harbour; but round the
point forming the north side of this harbour, there is a good haven and
road-stead against the wind at N.W. the land round it being barren sand.
To the N.W. of this there are three sharp mountains of rock, as if to
indicate the situation of the harbour. One hour before sunset we
fastened ourselves to a shoal a league beyond Tuna. This coast, from a
league beyond Gualibo, to another point a league and a half beyond
this shoal, trends N.N.W. and S.S.E distance four leagues.
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