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CHAP, m.] TTINGKOK BAT.—INDBAPURA POINT. 197
Karang Semedang, and 2 miles south-westward of Palangi village are four
shoals. Also abreast Lakitan hill at one mile off shore, there is another
shoal.
Ayer Adye river may be known by mount Linga or Volcano
mount, a remarkable round hill covered with trees near the sea, about
3 miles to the northward. It is not easily made out, but a flag is some-
times hoisted near the entrance. It is best to anchor in not less than
8 fathoms, about 2\ miles off shore, w^ith the flagstaff bearing East. If
N.W. or West winds are apprehended, a vessel should anchor in 12 or 1
fathoms, in order to clear Indrapura point, should she be unable to remain,
as this anchorage, which is little visited, is not considered safe with those
winds.
The bar is dangerous for boats at low water, and at all times when there
is a swell. The village is 2 miles up the river.
Pangsan village is situated on the coast at about 2 miles northward of
Ayer Adye, and Passier Ganting or Indrapura, another village, lies just
south of Indrapura river, at 4 miles southward of Ayer Adye.
INDRAPURA POINT, distant 14 miles southward of Ayer
Adye, is low, and its extremity covered with trees. From hence to
Eenkulen there are no islands near the coast, Pulo Baringin being the
southernmost of the chain, whicli may be said to commence at Passage-
island, near Singkel.
COAST.— Directions.* — Proceeding southward from abreast
Tyingkok bay it will be prudent if coasting along, to keep 4 or 5 miles off
shore when southward of Ujong Eadya, to avoid Karang Semedang and
other reefs northward of it.
Mount Lakitan about 2 miles within Ujong Radya, Lakitan hill 8 miles ta
the south-eastward, and Mount Linga 11 miles farther in that directions-
will be of much assistance in fixing the position of a vessel when navigating
in this locality. At about 27 miles inland are the high peaks of Grunong
Korintji (3,700 feet) and Patah Sembilan. There appears to be no danger
inshore between Karang Semedang and Ujong Indrapura, other than the
shelving shore bank in the bight northward of that point.
Southward of Indrapura point, if the wind be steady, and the vessel bound
to Benkulen, a direct course may be steered along the coast, keeping from
6 to 15 mUes off; but with light winds it will be proper to preserve
moderate depths, from 15 to 23 fathoms for anchoring, if requisite ; never
exceeding 30 fathoms, nor borrowing under 10 fathoms towards the shore,
in case of getting into rocky ground.
* See also Admiralty chart:—Sumatra West Coast, sheet lI.,Tyingkol£ bay tp Sunda
strait, No. 2,761.