[36]. The Bahr el Kharab, or Bad Sea, the mountains El Mulattam (the lashed or beaten), El Nidameh (of repentance), and El Ajrad (the noisy); the Mountains of Magnet, and the ‘Blind Billows’ and ‘Enchanted Breakers’ which, says El Masudi, make the Omani sailor of the tribe of Azd sing—
‘O Berberah and Jafuni (Ra’as Hafun), and thy warlock waves!
Jafuni and Berberah and their waves are these which thou seest!’
[37]. At Latham’s Isle was found guano, which Captain Cogan, I.N., obtained permission to export. In 1847, however, it was washed away by a ‘Ras de Marée.’
[38]. The temperature of the island as observed by French travellers is—
| Max. (April 6 A.M. 2 morn.) 89° (F.)—Colonel Sykes— | 88° (F. in shade) | |
| Min. (October, midnight and 6 A.M.) 73° | ditto | 73° |
| Mean temperature of the year 79° 15 | ditto | 79·90 (extreme range 18°-19°) |
The following are the results of the evaporating dish:—
| Total of month | Greatest in one day of month. | Least in one day. | |
| inches. | inches. | inches. | |
| January, 1857 | 2·36 | 0·09 | 0·04 |
| February ” | 2·19 | 0·10 | 0·05 |
| March ” | 2·49 | 0·09 | 0·06 |
| April ” | 1·76 | 0·10 | 0·03 |
[39]. The Consular report of 1859 gives Captain Owen’s variation.
[40]. Azyab is the classical Arab term for Cæcias (Kaikias) the N.E. wind—according to Firuzabadi it is the S.E.; Sciron, the N.W., is the Arab ‘Shúrsh’; Lips, the S.W., is ‘Labash’; and Euros, the S.E., ‘Sh’luk’ (scirocco, which is in many places a due east wind). The N.E. is still commonly called ‘Barráni’; in vulgar Arabic, however, men would say, Bayn el Shimal w’el Gharb. At Zanzibar the east wind is called by the Washawahili Zá jú—of above, and the west Phepo Mánde or Umánde—of dew or mist.