[81]. Unknown in Persia, this little black grain, like poppy seed, comes from Bombay, and is eaten boiled with ghi.
[82]. Last good observation of barometer. Two thermometers (F.) used, attached and detached.
[83]. According to Captain Guillain (ii. 344) the Arabs call it Ras Mume. As regards the term Dolphin’s Nose, he observes: ‘Je dois avouer qui l’analogie pourrait être plus saissisante et elle accuse au moins beaucoup d’imagination chez eux qui l’ont remarquée.’ He appears to ignore that Dolphin’s Nose is a recognized term for a long thick, point seen en profil, and understood by every English sailor.
[84]. Better written Darajah, meaning a step, a tier.
[85]. Abd el Khuri, ‘the slave of the (married) priest or secular clergyman.’ The people of Socotra were once Christians all. Others write the name Abd el Kari, or slave of the Koran reader.
[86]. On the Island of Abd el Khuri, only 20 leagues west of Socotra, heavy showers begin with February and end with April. Modern travellers declare that there is not a single stream except during the rains, and that the well water is all more or less brackish.
[87]. Ras Hafun (not Jard Hafun), N. lat. 10° 26′ 8″ (Raper).
[88]. Ponta das Baixas, the Cape of Shoals, the point called by the Arabs Ra’as Aswad (Black Head), in N. lat. 4° 32′.
[89]. They were approaching the Sayf Tawil or Long Shore, which extends from Ra’as el Khayl (N. lat. 7° 46′ 30″) to Ra’as Awaz, the Cape of Change, where the Highlands fall.
[90]. January being the height of the Mausim or Kaskazi, when the Azyab or N. E. wind blows home.