At Night Of The 5th, We Anchored In Fourteen Fathoms
Near The Shore, Four Or Five Leagues Eastwards Of Diu.
The 9th we came to Madafaldebar[84] which is ten or eleven leagues E.
by N. from Diu, the coast between being very fair, and having no unseen
dangers.
The depth near Diu is fifteen or sixteen fathoms, halfway to
Madafaldebar twelve fathoms, then ten and nine, but not less; and in
nine fathoms we anchored in a fine sandy bay, on the west side of which
is a river coming from a considerable distance inland. This place is
some five or six miles west from the isles of Mortie[85] The 15th we
set sail to explore the bay of Mohar,[86] having been reported by some
of the people who had belonged to the Ascension to be a good place for
wintering in, or waiting the return of the monsoon for sailing to the
southwards. We accordingly anchored that night in the bay, which is nine
or ten leagues E.N.E. from Madafaldebar, finding the coast and
navigation perfectly good, with ten fathoms all the way, and no danger
but what is seen. I sent my boat ashore, and got twenty excellent sheep
for three shillings each, the best we had seen in the whole voyage. We
found the ruins of a great town at this place, but very few inhabitants.
[Footnote 84: From the indications in the text, this must be Jaffrabat
on the coast of Guzerat, about thirty-one miles E. by N. from Diu.
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