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GHAP.i.] PULO RONDO.— ^PULO NANCY. 13
the level of the sea a revolving white light which attains its greatest
brilliancy evert/ minute ; the light is visible between the bearings of
E. \ N. (through south and west) and N.W. \ W., and in clear weather
should be seen from a distance of 30 miles ;
within a distance of 12 miles
a faint continuous light is seen. North-eastward of Pulo Wai the light is
obscured by that island.
From the same tower, at a height of 26 feet above the ground, and
430 feet above the sea, is exhibited & fixed red light visible between the
bearings of S. by E. \ E. and E. by F. \ N., or over N.W. islet ; the
light is intended to warn vessels of their approach to this islet, and in clear
weather is visible from a distance of 8 to 12 miles.
The lighthouse is considered to be in lat. 5° 45' N., long. 95° A\' E.
Iienxbalei bay, on the north-east side of Pulo Brasse, is about
1^ miles broad, half a mile deep, and has 19 fathoms water in the entrance,
thence shoaling gradually to the shore. There is anchorage in the north-
west part in 9 fathoms, 3 cables distant from the village.*
Coal may be obtained here from the Dutch Government depot. It is
brought alongside in lighters. During the N.E. monsoon a heavy sea
sometimes sets into the bay, which renders it doubtful as to the time a
vessel may have to wait to fill up with coal.
PULO NANCI (Nassie), nearly joins the south-east point of
Pulo Brasse, being separated by a narrow rocky channel of irregular
depth, and in which the tides run with great strength. Pulo Nanci is
saddle-shaped, and about 4 miles long north and south. About one mile
S.S.W. from the south-west point is a rock which breaks at half tide, and
between the rock and the shore there are depths of 10 to 12 fathoms, out-
side there is 16 fathoms. From the rock the south extreme of Middle
island is in line with the northern of the small islets south of Middle
island, bearing W.N.W. About 2^ miles eastward of this rock and about
half-a-mile off shore is a rock of 3 feet depth, with 6 and 8 fathoms
close-to. From this rock, the south extreme of the islet off the west end
of Stony islet is in line with a red mark in the clifE near King point. The
south-east point of Pulo Nanci is skirted by rocks.
There is anchorage in 6 or 7 fathoms in the bay on the south side of
Pulo Nanci island, about one mile eastward of the west point. Fresh water
and firewood may be procured on the west side of the bay.
Hots bay, on the north-east side of Pulo Nanci, is about 4 cables
broad and 4 cables deep. Off the south point of the bay is Rots island,
small and nearly circular. There is anchorage in Rots bay in 6 fathoms
at 3 cables from the shore.*
* See plan on Admiralty chart, No. 219 ; scale, m = 3 inches.