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206 WEST COAST OP SUMATRA. [chap. iii.
of 2 cables, with deep water close to, and a shoal of 2^ fathoms, steep to,
lies N.N.W. one mile from the Took, and half a mile off' the mouth of the
river.
The anchorage in Kroe road is in from 14 to 18 fathomS, at about half a
mile northward of Sillalu rock, and west from the Resident's house. It
is safe in the S.E. monsoon, being well sheltered from these winds by
Karang Pingan, the south point of the bay. In approaching, the bay, the
Resident's house should be kept open of Sillalu rock, to avoid the reef
extending off Karang Pingan point.
Supplies.—^Bullocks, good water, and some other supplies may be
procured here.
Tiunambaug bay lies about 8 miles south-eastward of Kroe road.
Shoal water extends about one mile off shore between its north point and
Kroe road. The anchorage is in about 10 fathoms near the head of the
bay, but it aflfords little shelter.
on the south side of the bay.
Landing may be effected in S.E. winds
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Benkuuat bay lies about 25 miles south-eastward of Kro6 road
£enkunet village lies on the north side of a low point having on it palmyra
trees; the bay here is interspersed with rocks, and a long shoal lies from
3 to 4 miles off, but there is a passage for small craft close along the
shore. A patch of 4 fathoms lies about 5 miles southward of Benkunat
bay, at 3 miles off shore. Siggen point, the north-west extremity of the
bay, has a projecting reef, with 20 fathoms close to. The coast here and
farther to the soutliward is generally low fronting the sea, but inland the
country is mountainous. A vessel intending to touch at Benkunat should
anchor well out to avoid the rocky ground.
Between Benkunat and Little Fortune island depths of from 10 to
20 fathoms will be found at 2 or 3 miles off shore.f
ISLANDS on THE WEST COAST OP SUMATRA.
GENERAL REMARKS.—A chain of islands extends parallel
to the west coast of Sumatra at the distance of about 60 miles between the
parallel of 3° N. and 2° S., covering a space nearly 700 miles in length,
Tbey are for the most part unsurveyed, and with the exception of a little
recent information resulting from the visits of H.N.M. vessels of war, the
account herein given is from oM smthorities.
PULO SIMALIT (Pule Babi), or Hog island, the
northernmost of the large islands, lies about 63 miles south-westward from
* iSee plan on Admiralty chart:—No. 2,761 ; scale m=0'8 of an inch,
t For the deBciiption of Fortune island, and coast from Flat cape, see Sunda strait,
page 242.
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