By Dr. Hyde, in his notes on Peritsol, and Dr.
Cumberland, in his remarks on Sanchoniatho, and by other
Writers,
Erythros or Red is supposed to be a translation of Edom, the name
of Esau; whence it is conjectured that this sea, as well as the
country of Idumea, took their denominations from Edom. But this does
not seem probable for two reasons: First, because the Jews do not call
it the Red Sea but Tam Suf, or the Sea of Weeds; and, second,
the ancients included all the ocean between the coasts of Arabia and
India under the name of the Erythrean or Red Sea, of which the
Persian and the Arabian Gulfs were reckoned branches. - Ast. I. 129.
c.]
From leaving Socotora, till I had coasted the whole of this sea all
the way to Suez, I continually and carefully observed this sea; and
the colour and appearance of its shores, the result of which I shall now
state. First then, it is altogether false that the colour of this sea is
red, as it does not differ in any respect from the colour of other seas.
As to the dust driven by the winds from the land to the sea staining the
water; we saw many storms raise great clouds of dust and drive them to
the sea, but the colour of its water was never changed by these. Those
who have said that the land on the coast is red, have not well observed
the coats and strands:
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