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CHAP. TIL] CLEMENT CHANNEL.—^DIRECTIONS. 345
Working through.—No vessel would from choice attempt to
work through Clement channel, as Macclesfield and Stolze channels are
much better adapted for that purpose : but it is possible that a vessel,
embarrassed bj light baffling winds, may find it convenient to proceed
through some part of this channel, and it is with this view that the
following directions are given.
Clearing marks.—To keep eastward of Vansittart shoals do not
bring Ayer island eastward of N.N.E., nor Bakau island northward of
N. ^ W. When the highest of the hills on Pulo Lepar bears W.N.W.,
a vessel will be northward of the south-eastern patch, and may stand
to the westward until Bakau island bears N.N.E. ^ E., which leads
eastward of the middle and northern patches. Standing towards Bakau
and Klambau islands, keep the summit of Ayer island northward o£
N.E. J E. To clear the shoal lying ofi" the north-east side of Klambau
island, observe that the south point of Klambau island bearing West leads
southward of it ; the west extreme of Klemar island bearing N. by E. ^ E.
leads eastward, and the north point of Kwil island bearing W.N.W.
leads north-eastward.
When standing towards the shoal patches, extending southward from
Ayer island, keep the west extreme of.Klemar island open westward of Ayer
island, bearing North. Ayer and Klemar islands may be approached
to the distance of half a mile. The west extreme of Ayer island bearing
S.E. leads north-eastward of Sunken rock; and bearing E.S.E. leads
south-westward ;
the east extreme of Klambau island S. by W. ^ W. leads
eastward of the rock, and bearing South, leads westward.
Standing towards the shoals extending southward of Kwil island, the
west end of Bakau island must not be brought eastward of South. Kwilr
island S. f W. leads eastward of Middle Pass shoals, and the peak of
Ayer island S.E. ^ B. leads north-eastward of them, and of Coral bank.
The peak of Ayer island open westward of North island leads westward of
Hewitt shoal, and the peak of Ayer island open eastward of Ktemar island
leads to the eastward. The north-eastern coast of Fulo Leat must not be
approached nearer than 3 miles; Klemar island bearing S.E. by S. leads
north-eastward of the dangers projecting from that coast, as will also the
hill on Berikat point bearing N.W. by W.
Clement Channel from the Northward. — For the
convenience of navigators, the directions for proceeding through this
channel from the southward, with a fair wind, are here reversed ; but
for working through, it will not be necessary to give other directions than
those just given, which are, in fact, merely the bearings of objects to avoid
the various dangers, and apply equally to vessels proceeding in either
direction.