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NAVIGATION OF THE
town. To the westward it is fronted by two or three rocky islets, on
the largest of which is a reservoir for water. Inside there is a fathom
and a half and two fathoms water at low tide ; native vessels take shelter
here in blowing weather. This I consider to be Nearchus' second
anchorage on the island of Oaracta, on the ninety-third day from the
Indus. The village of Shusa, where a few cattle and poultry maybe
procured, is two miles further to the westward.
M ESSAIM.
Messaim is five and a half miles further WSW., and is of a
similar description to Shusa.
H as K iiargoo.
Ras Khargoo is opposite to Angaum, and forms the eastern point of
the entrance into Angaum, round a rocky spit, with from three and a
half fathoms to a fathom and a half. It runs about half a mile off it.
A ngaum.
Angaum is a rocky island, similar to most in the Gulf. It is five miles
long, in a SSW. % W. direction, and two and a half miles broad. It
has several wells of water in it,—the best is in a valley, about a quarter
of a mile distant NNW. from the south-east point of the island ; there
are some reservoirs near the old mosque, which are generally full in the
rainy season. The island is uninhabited, but had a town near the old
mosque until destroyed by the pirates. There is excellent anchorage
near the old mosque, which is in lat, 26° 4V N., long. 55° 55' 52'' E.;
variation 3° 37' W. in 1828. Wild goats are found on this island.
A ngaum S ound.
Angaum Sound is formed by the islands of Angaum and Kishm, and
the channel at the south-east entrance is two-thirds of a mile wide.
To enter and sail through this channel, steer in about mid-channel,
with soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. from six to twelve fathoms, until you get Ras Khargoo
NE.byE. | E., when keep most towards Angaum, steering towards
the mosque point, which round at a distance of a quarter of a mile,
having good soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. close to it. After rounding the mosque,
keep in mid-channel, and steer through when the mosque on Angaum
bears S. 32° W. true. There is a hard bank, with three fathoms on it,
three-fourths over the channel towards Kishm, to work through. Do not
approach the Angaum shore at the entrance nearer than one-third
of a mile, in five fathoms, or the Kishm shore under five fathoms, until
you get Ras Khargoo ENE., when you may work to a quarter of a mile
of either shore, until past the mosque point, when you ought not to come
nearer than three quarters of a mile to Angaum or Kishm. The sound