Perim
a barren island, and coaling and telegraph station, belonging to Great Britain, in the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, at the S. entrance to the Red Sea, 97 PERIOD miles W. of Aden. It is about 3½ miles long by 2½ wide, and crescent shaped, the two horns embracing a deep and spacious harbor. The island was held by the British in 1799-1800, and was again occupied in 1857. In 1883 it was made a coaling station, and soon began to be a rival to Aden. the