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o"^*"' •] DIRECTIONS. 289
bearing will leaddear of the 4| fathom patches in the fairway; and iVhen
EdeiL Mland %ht bears S.E. by E., steer S.B. by S. until Bat^via light
bears South, then steer for it on that bearing to the roadstead.
Vessels being northward of Struisvbgel rocks, at dusk, may take tho
channel between Payung and the Agenieten islands, which is 2 miles in
width, with depths of about 45 fathoms, and haul down for Edam island
when it bears S.E. by E., then proceed as before.
Working in. — From Babi island to as far eastward as Little
Kombuis, vessels working in may stand across both Inner and Outer
channels, as the principal dangers are all buoyed. In the Inner channel
there is good anchorage everywhere, and vessels should anchor at dusk ;
but in Outer channel the water is deep.
Standing towards Pontang point ; th|e raud bank which is steep-to, is
marked by a wreck with a beacon ;
eastward of the point the bank may be
approached by the lead as far as Tanara, but the north side of Great
Panjang, should be kept southward of West. Standing into the bight,
Pontang point should be kept westward of W. J N., until the clump of
trees eastward of Tanara bears westward of S. by "W.; the north and
north-east sides of Tanara bank is steep-to, and the lead gives no warning
when approaching it from this direction. Eastward of it stand into the
bight according to draught, avoiding the patches dry at low water, extending
8 cables northward of Jangkir islet, by keeping Kaik point tsoutliward of
East. Menschen-eter reef may be approached on it.s west side by the lead,
but its north point (marked by a white buoy), and its east side are steep-to,
as is also the extreme of Untung Java point reef. In the bight between
the bank is shelving, but standing towards Serana reef, the centre of
Menschen-eter island must be kept southward of S.W. by W. i W".
Standing to the northward, the channel is clear between Struisvogel rocks
and Great Kombuis, with the exception of Tongara rock, marked by a
black buoy, and Laut rock of 3 J fathoms, not marked; between Great
and Little Kombuis there is another good channel, and also eastward of
the latter, for which the chart is the best guide.
Towards the Hoorn islands, Payung island should be kept well open
southward of Great Tidong, to avoid the reefs westward of it ; the reefs
around Payung and the Agenieten islands will be seen by the discolouration
of the water. Eastward of Little Kombuis, vessels should keep to the
Outer channels, avoiding the neighbourhood of the dangerous shoals lying
between Middleburg island and Sau reef buoy, and working up between the
buoys marking the channels, or northward of the Agenieten islands, east-
ward of which there is little danger with ordinary caution in reaching the
roadstead.
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