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CHAP. II.] TANJONG BflAKIT.—NOKTH SHORE. 131
Tides.—^It is high water, full and change, at Tanjong Brakit at llh.,
springs rise 12 feet, neaps 9 feet.
THE NORTH SHORE of the eastern part of the strait is
formed by the south-east part of Singapore island, Johore shoal, and the
south-east part of the Malay peninsula. Bamunia point the south-east
extreme of the peninsula, and the north-eastern limit of Singapore strait,
is 19 miles N.W. of Tanjong Brakit the south-eastern limit of the strait;
but the Bamunia islands with several rocks and dangers near them,
together with Ramunia shoals. North patch, and Eastern bank, extend
nearly as far to the eastward as the meridian of Tanjong Brakit. These
outlying dangers will be described in detail ; but the following hills, ns
they form convenient landmarks for navigating the strait and for recog-
nising the entrance from the eastward, will be first mentioned.
Johore Hill or Marabukit, 661 feet high, is of a regular^
oblong, sloping form, and covered with trees. Standing but a very short
distance inland from Tanjong Johore, the south-west point of the Malay
peninsula, it is one of the most conspicuous objects in Singapore strait.
Little Johore Hill, or Gunong Bow, 749 feet high, lies
N. by W. I W. 5^ miles from Johore hill. Although higher, this hill is
not so extensive as Johore hill.
Barbukit Hill, 645 feet high, is nearly 51 miles W.N.W. from
Ramunia point; it is a regular pyramid, rising from the low land, and is a
very useful object in making the strait.
False Barbukit Hill, 432 feet high, is situated on the coast of
the Malay peninsula, 8 miles northward of the entrance of Singapore
strait, and 6 miles N.N.E. ^ E. from Barbukit hill ; it is a low: sloping
hill near the sea, appearing like a tope of trees a little more elevated than
the adjacent coast, which is all rather low and woody to the northwai'd of
the hills over Ramunia point. It bears W. | S. about 17 miles from the
centre of eastern bank, and being discernible during hazy weather much
sooner than Barbukit hill, answei's as a guide in coming from the north-
ward towards the northern extremity of the outer shoals.
EAST COAST ofSINGAPORE ISLAND—From Tanjong
Katong, the north-east limit of Singapore road, the coast trends E.N.E.
and N.E. about 5 miles to Tanjong Buddah or Mung Kwaug ; about
midway between is the village of Siglap, which may be known by two
bungalows built on the summits of two hills about a mile inland behind
the village. Just to the northward of Tanjong Mung Kwang there is a
slight indentation in the coast line, known as Telok Mati Ikan (Dead
Fish bay) ; the coast then trends about N.E. by N. 3^ miles to Tanjong
Changhi.
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