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Wednesday
1/3/16
Very muggy all day & night, sea very calm. Land came to view about 7 am. Typical Picture book country of Arabian & Egyptian country, very mountainous quite a study in almost every ridge & mount – mostly of a very barren dry appearance. So different to our Australian Country & even the mountains are a novelty – shapes pointed – some conical – some as in terraces – some perfectly round – oval & so on.
First glimpse of civilization since Colombo, is to see a business like fort on the Arabian side. I think they said X "Fort Mocha" – also an inlet or secluded Bay thus for cruisers etc to shelter load & coal etc. Then we came to several picturesque Islands – one they said Solitary Islands & their imposing Light Houses or Wireless
(Mocha Coffee)X