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“Behold of Asabón the Head, now hight Mosandam, by the men who plough the Main: Here lies the Gulf whose long and lake-like Bight parts Araby from fertile Persia’s plain. Attend yon Barem Isle, with depths bedight by the rich pearly shell whose blushes feign Auroran tints; and view in Ocean brine Euphrate and Tygre in one bed conjoin.