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276 "WESTERN APPROACHES TO BATAVIA. [chap. v.
red beacon buoy marks its north side with the west point of Pari island
(Agenieten islands), bearing N. ^ W. distant about 1^ miles.
Jantur and Tandul reefs.—Jantur reef, with a depth of 4|
fathoms, lies at the south-west corner of the Middle grounds. Tandul
reef, with 3^ fathoms, lies nearly 3 cables eastward of Jantur, and is
marked on its south side by a black beacon buoy.
Meujumbang reef, with a depth of 3| fathoms, is the south-eastern-
.most of the Middle ground buoyed patches. A red beacon buoy marks its
south side. Southward of Menjumbang, and extending into Outer channel,
is Seluku reef with 6^ fathoms, Badju with 4J fathoms, and Mortuti reef
with 4J fathoms ; these patches should be avoided by heavy draught vessels
when navigating Outer channel.
Panjang di Laut reef, the northern shoal of the Middle ground,
is 2 cables in extent, with a least depth of 2 fathoms, and lies about 1|
miles W. by N. ^ N. of Menjumbang reef, and nearly midway between Tandul
reef and the east extreme of Pari island. A white beacon buoy marks its
north extreme.
Note.—This buoy, with the red buoys on Delima and Menjumbang reefs,
form the south side of the northern branch of Outer channel; and these
two red buoys together with the black buoy on Tandul reef form the north
side of the southern branch of Outer channel.
This completes the circuit of the Middle ground ; several isolated reefs
lie within this area, the principal of which are, the Serasa, Panjang, and
the Pederingan, all of which are guarded by the buoys marking the reefs
already described.
AGENIETEN ISLANDS, He on the north side of Outer
channel, at about 4 miles northward of Great Kombuis. The gi-oup
consists of five low islands, entirely surrounded by a coral reef which is
4 miles long in an east and west direction, and nearly 2 miles broad. The
edge of this reef is steep to and nearly dry, and may be distinguished by the
discolouration of the water ; the weather side of the reef always breaks.
At about 2 cables within the edge are narrow ridges of dry coral, which
on the north-eastern side have trees and bushes grossing on them.
Pari island the largest and most eastern of the group, is one mile in
length. It is thickly wooded, and inhabited by a few fishermen, whose
village may be recognised by the kelapa trees. The other islets named
Kongsi, Kampung, Burung, and Tikus are thickly wooded, but small, and
lie on the reef, westward of Pari. Westward of Tikus is a patch of coral
with brushwood growing on it, not far from the western extreme of the
main reef.
Jong reef, lying half a mile eastward of Agenieten islands reef, is
IJ cables in extent, with a patch of coral sand always above water, and