Dear Stephen,

> Does anybody have an English translation of AN IV.199
> (ta.nhaa-suttam) which I could look at ? Unfortunately, I
> don't even have a copy of Hare's translation, but I would
> like to check the rendering of certain terms in that suttam.

I can post you Hare's if you give a correct reference.
There are four Ta.nhaasuttas in the Anguttara (AN. ii. 10;
ii. 211-212.; iv. 400-1.; v. 116-118). The reference you have
supplied is to the Pahaaradasutta (eight similes on the great
ocean).

Best wishes,

Dhammanando