Having Remained 48 Days At Massua, We Set Sail From Thence On Our Return
To India On The 9th Of
July 1541, one hour before sunrise, and by
day-break we were two or three leagues short of the north
Point of
Dallak, and among some flat islands that have some woods, which
islands are scattered in the sea to the north of Dallak. We sailed
through a channel between two of these islands, having a fair wind
almost N.W. our course being N.E. by N. After doubling a shoal we came
to anchor, and at two in the afternoon we sailed again with a fair wind
at N.N.E. coasting the island of Dallak. An hour before sunset we came
to a very flat sandy island, called Dorat Melkuna, from which on all
sides extended great shoals. When the sun set we were a league short of
the island of Shamoa, between which and the west side of Dallak,
opposite the Abyssinian coast, is the most frequented channel for such
as sail to Massua. All the coast of Dallak which we sailed along this
day trends N.N.W. and S.S.E. and is very low. The 18th of July by day
break we saw the mouth of the straits[332], about three leagues distant,
"and we saw all the fleet lye at hull, and presently we set sail
altogether[333]."
[Footnote 332: A large portion of the Journal is again omitted at this
place, either by Don Juan or his abbreviator, Purchas.
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