important and well-marked projection "Abu Madd," which intercepts
the view to the south.

After rounding the southern spit, we turned to north-east and by
east, and passed, with a minimum of seven fathoms under keel,
between Hassani the Giant and the dwarf Umm Sahr, a flat sandbank
hardly visible from the shore. This is the only good approach to
the secure and spacious bay that bore the southernmost Nabathaan
port-town: there are northern and north-western passages, but
both require skilful pilots; and every other adit, though
apparently open, is sealed by reefs and shoals. With the blue and
regular-lined curtain of Abu el-Ghurayr in front, stretching down
coast to Ras Abu Madd, we bent gradually round to the north-east
and east. We then left to starboard the settlement El-Amlij, a
long line of separate 'Ushash, the usual Ichthyophagan huts,
dull, dark-brown wigwams. They were apparently deserted; at
least, only two women appeared upon the shore, but sundry
Katirahs and canoes warned us that fishermen were about. We ran
for safety a mile and three-quarters north of the exposed Ras
el-Haura; and at 1.30 p.m. (= twenty-one hours) we anchored, in
nine fathoms, under the Kuta'at el-Wazamah. The pea-green
shallows, which defended us to the north and south, had lately
given protection to the Khediviyyah[EN#48] steamer El-Hidayyidah,
compelled by an accident to creep along-shore like a Sambuk.

El-Haura' is not found either in the charts, or in Ptolemy's and
Sprenger's maps. It lies in north lat. 25 6', about the same
parallel as El-Medinah; and in east long. (Gr.) 37 13'
30".[EN#49] Wellsted (II. x.) heard of its ruins, but never saw
it: at least, he says, "In the vicinity of El-Haura, according to