S1P2RJs,IE©III WSf of IB ABIEILiIfiAMJB M IB
J'Hfc 0131X81 AM VOYAGE..
X if;i-.”■■:.iEf«|ikiig;.ijiii!lg% tbas- of. Mekran, andfinally following
■ s$fe> .i kb* pemtisuk of Hindustan:—
tlfilit t* Dhahab,’ pursuing; the wiadiiigs o f . •
PMp 'f'i’K «s'>( ibii western side o f A rabia gives a distance-of * 1206 miles,
fiide 'of the peninsula.to the coast of Persia,
of Ormuz % ;■,.. , .. . ... ... ■ ■ 1660
the Straits of Ormuz to the River Indus . . 732 , ,
".¡-if:, tlie latter to Cape Comorin . . . . . 1390 , ,
^t'oin Cape Comorin to the River Ganges . . , 1350 V>
the River Ganges to the Straits o f Malacca. . 1500 y*
Total . . 7838 , ,
^*'1 , t ■ .< .* ; § is-.ii.: ¿it ’ a. ! '.kfys,■ nvnft 0«: w p r ^ «*■_ ■*.', Hi • « j -.d.a a■y' s,
¡Id make tbe witKimi voy»g-e t& jfe maai i»f SiiniatfeSjfe,
I days: -Hid titi.s is ekeiiisijYe id irot} ■ iptd weather,
eh ff»8is# have occurred frequently, especially during tire
isbons y for assuredly such frail barks could not venture to
eced, excepting at the commencement, or towards the
■ojnation of these periodical winds. This applies more
iicularly to the Bed Sea; for outside of die straits of
s-ei-Mandeb, and, again, along the coasts 4f. Mekran and
western side of India, the only resource ’»¡iuld he to haul
its« flotilla until the strength of the giskt »ere passed. It is
! ult to estimate the time lost in • consequence.' of these
outward and hotuew ard; but as a monsoon would be Delay and
. j j • y , ' , . difficulties craitereu auniig^acii voyage, about three months may be caused by th
•wsit, making 90 days each way, and as from 90 to 120 ra0Dto0*i*'
would probably be occupied on the coasts of Ophir and
. mm.11 in bartering for the desired articles, and in refitting
ships, this number of days, with 478 for the return yq$ kfi?
076 days, or nearly three years in all, ibr ih0'_9$}$
in an enterprise which form® one of the■ Jikkkite - of
»■;chiefly owing to the skill ¿¡.id Tixld^psdity of the T-r parfr
; tuat tne tracte "wivh xljphir ^^ .E*8KBDici8ii8
■ ‘7fc\5&w& IpMte is represented y Plate 45.
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