TCD MS 10515 folio 13r
[March 5th 1916]
haze that hung persistently over the land. As we approached Cape Jask, the cliffs rose higher, became more precipitous and like walls divided the sea from the land. Their summits were evenly flattened by denudation and two Arab dho[w]s [?showed] white sails against their steep, dark face. The wireless station of Jask, – the only visible sign of man on this desert coast, – could be seen on the exposed shore. Towards evening, the Arabian coast of Oman hove in sight right ahead, as bleak and unattractive as the cliffs of Mekran. The “Itaura” with a battery on board came upon our port side adark; she signalled her name, that she had troops bound to Basra for Suez. The phosphorescence of the sea was unusually bright this evening. Each