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184 "WEST COAST OF STJMATBA. [cshap. iii.
Karaa Bayam, and preserve this depth until Pulo Temang is brought to
bear E.S.E. or E. by S. ; she may then steer for the north part of that
island, and after rounding it at a moderate distance, anchor in 6| or
7 fathoms, with the north point of Pulo Temang bearing W.N.W., distant
a quarter of a mile.
There is a safe passage between the island and the main. Small vessels
coming fron the southward, intending to enter Natal road by the inner
passage, may pass in mid-channel between Pulo Temang and the main, in
6 to 1 1 fathoms. When through, the course is about N. by W. observing
not to shoal less than 9 fathoms in steering across Brambang bay so as to
pass westward of Eajah Inda and Sigale shoals.
The Coast.—From Pulo Temang the coast trends southward for
6 miles to Pulo Robia, with a bight between, thence south-eastward for
3 miles to Biang hill 170 feet high. Gunong Bagomba, 1,227 feet high,
lies 4 miles eastward of Biang, thence the coast trends due east to Ayer
Bangles bay. Isolated shoals extend for a distance of 5 miles off many
parts of this coast.
AYER BANGIES or BONGAY BAY, is about 9 miles
across in an east and west direction, between Ujong Balayar and Ujong
Sawang Buding. It contains seven islands and several isolated shoals.*
The village of Ayer Bangles is situated in the eastern shore of the bay, off
which the depth is about 3^ fathoms at one mile distant. Southward of
the village the water deepens.
Shoals.—In entering Ayer Bangies bay the following isolated patches
must be guarded against, viz. :—A rock lying about 6 cables W. by N".
from the north end of Pulo Begada. A similar rock lying 3 cables south-
eastward of Pulo Panka. Also two detached rocks which break, lying
about 8 cables north of Pulo Tillo, and Karang Sikabou, two rocks, lying
2| miles E. by S. \ S. from the same island.
South-eastward of Karang Sikabau, isolated shoals extend about 7 miles,
the most distant being situated 13 miles W. A S. from Pasaman, a village
near the equator, in the bay of that name.
The Anchorage in Ayer Bangles is with the river bearing E. by N".
distant 2 miles, in 4^ or 5 fathoms, good holding ground, and eastward of
Pulo Panjang, which has a reef with breakers, extending about a mile to
the northward of it.
DIRECTIONS.—If intending to take the in-shore route from Pulo
Temang to Ayer Bangles, steer southward along the coast in 9 or
10 fathoms, which will be about 1^ or 2 miles off shore. By keeping in
' See plan of Ayer Bangies road on Admiralty chart, No. 2,760 ;
scale, m = 0-3 inch.