Oct. 7th. at about one o’clock in the morning, a breeze sprung up from the southward, and in five hours we had passed the _Quoins_, in the Gulph of Persia, and were abreast of the island of _Kishmis_. We saw at the same time the high land of the Arabian shore, terminating in a lofty and marked peak; it is the land about _Cape Musseldom_. The entrance of the gulph may be properly marked between _Cape Bombareek_ and _Cape Musseldom_. I call these places by their names, as laid down in our sea charts; because their more proper appellations would probably not be understood. _Bombareek_ for instance, which by sailors is also called _Bombay rock_, is derived originally from “_Moobarek_, happy, fortunate.” _Musseldom_ is still a stronger instance of the perversion of words. The genuine name of this head-land is _Mama Selemeh_, derived according to the story of the country from _Selemeh_, who was a female saint of Arabia, and lived on the spot or in its neighbourhood. The Indians, when they pass the promontory, throw cocoa nuts, fruits or flowers into the sea, to secure a propitious voyage. My informer added, that the superstition was not practised by the Persians. On the shore of _Cape Bombareek_ is an insulated and very singular mass of rock, in which we could perceive from the ship a large natural aperture. To me the shape of the whole mass appeared like a tankard, and the aperture formed its handle. After having rounded _Cape Musseldom_ (which is eighteen leagues to the westward of _Bombareek_), we came to the five small islands generally called altogether the _Quoins_. _Kishmis_ is the largest island in the gulph; and, according to the account which I received, is capable of being made very productive: it is at present in almost total abandonment, though still nominally the property of Persia. We next passed two small and low islands, called the Great and Little _Tomb_. [Illustration: _Cape Museldom._ _Drawn by James Morier Esq^r._ _Published by Mess^{rs}. Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown Paternoster Row May 1 1811._] The strong south wind, with which we were now favoured, was at this season considered extraordinary. It blew so strong that the Nereide, with every sail set, went ten and eleven knots. It is accompanied with much haze, not indeed to be compared to that which came with the hot wind from off the shore, though in the same manner it warped the furniture and slackened the rigging.