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CHAP. VI.] STANTON CHANNEL. ^319
ieet, .-withseTeral lowanihillgnof a- liound^ and jaaore ep^wl appearance
.adjoining,. the twoiwesterioniosbbeing, about 1,200 and 1,400 feet high.*
• -. After recognising mount Sfc -iPaul and iToboaJi; Lama peak, approach
tie. latter on a Nortk bearing,, and when about S.milee southward of Dapur
islands steer N.W. by W., which course will lead nearly ,mid-channel to
abreast Banka^pointi: observing that Mamelon.huB3moek,(i£.it can be dis-
tinguished) just open of Pulo Besar, leads well clear ,to the eastward of
Melvill an d Smits banks. ,
When off Labu point, the Iiigh range of Parmassang will be visible,
rising from a gradual slope on its western shpuld^r to a.fliat top peak, with
two lower peaks adjoining. The three hilla, Banka, Panjang, and Woody,
will also be seen ; the two former may. be known .by their wedge shape and
the latter by its'isolated position.
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When Pulb Dahun bears North, care must be taken to' avoid the spit
which extends in a south-easterly direction from the shore mud-flat between
Pulo Dahun and Banka point. The Mamelon hummock, well open to
the westward of Pulo Besar, bearing N.W., clears, this spit. From abreast
Banka point a course may be shaped along the Banka shore, passing
Lalarie point at a distance of IJ or 2 miles, as the tides are strong and set
towards the point, and thence to Second point. Erom Lalarie point to
Timbaga rocks the shore bank maybe avoided by notslioaling under a
depth of 10 fathoms. Prom Lalarie point, see page 323.
T^Torkitlg through. ;Stanton channel from the eastward, vessels may
stand towards the south extreme of Dapur islands to a distance of half a
mile, as these islands have deep water at 4 cables from them. .Betv^een
this and Toboali the shore mud-flat may be approached until Dapur islands
bear S.E. by E., and Lucipara island may be j neared. ;to a distance of
4 mUes j. but when Gadong peak comes in line with Toboali fort N.E. ^ N.,
Pulo .Dapur must not be brought to the southward of' E.S.E. to clear
Eastern bank. ,.
.Parmassang peak kept eastypard of Pulp Besar, or Banka hill bearing
N.W.^ N. will cle^r Melvill bank ; and when L^-bu point, bears N.E., by
not shoaling under 10 fathoms, all the banks on both sides will be cleared.
The shoal patches on Nemesis bank should not be approached under a
depth of 10 fathoms until Casuarina point comes open of Lalarie point,
and in rounding the latter point take care not to come into a less depth
than 10 fathoms, as the bank is here steep-to. Timbaga rocks may also be
avoided by following the same precaution, and from thence it is recom-
mendedTto work up from Second poiiifalong the Sumatra coast.
* Se« Admiralty charts :—Banka strait, south entrance,. No. 2,808 ; Baaka strait,
No. ii,697 J and Banka strait to Singapore, No. 2,757.