Note 36 — Chapter V · GEOGRAPHICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL.
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The Bahr el Kharab, or Bad Sea, the mountains El Mulattam (the lashed or beaten), El Nidameh (of repentance), and El Ajrad (the noisy); the Mountains of Magnet, and the ‘Blind Billows’ and ‘Enchanted Breakers’ which, says El Masudi, make the Omani sailor of the tribe of Azd sing—
‘O Berberah and Jafuni (Ra’as Hafun), and thy warlock waves!
Jafuni and Berberah and their waves are these which thou seest!’