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414 RHIO STRAIT. [chap. x.
ward. Haai reef, a patoli of 2 fathoms, lies a quarter of a mile to the
southward of it ; aud there is a rock above water about 3 cables distant
to the north-westward.
Great bank, is situated within the edge of the 5 fathom line
fronting the bight lying between the south-east extreme of Pulong Galang
and Selatan island. The bank is 1^ miles long, with a least depth of 2J
fathoms. The anchorage in the bay inside the bank was formerly con-
sidered good, but reefs extend both from Gralang and Selatan, which
render it anything but a safe and convenient place for large vessels seeking
anchorage.
East bank lies one-third of a mile S.E. ^ E. of Dempo point, the
outer point of the islands eastward of Selatan. It is little more than half
a mile in extent, with from 3 to 9 feet water, and 8 to 9 fathoms close-to.
JaSSenS shoal lying between Pulo Tarong (the island close
northward of Selatan) and Great Garras island, is about 3J miles ions, and
one mile broad, with 4 to 18 feet water; the south-east extreme of the
shoal which is nearly in the line between Dempo point and the east end of
Great Garras, terminates in a reef which dries at half tide. There is a
channel on each side of Jassens shoal, but the northern one is very
narrow at the western end, having a general depth of 3^ fathoms, and is
only available for small vessels : the southern channel is nowhere less than
three-