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OHAp.i.] SALANG OR JUNKSETLON ISLAND. 37
with trees ; between these two places the channel, which is formed between
the fringing sand-banks, is little more than a cable wide, has 12 feet at
low-water springs, and is composed of soft mud. From Passage island
steer East to pass about 3 or 4 cables southward of Goh Baugam Noi the
water gradually deepening as the latter is approached, pass Lam Lem or
cape Three points the north-east point of Junkseylon at 3 or 4 cables
distant, and with 7 fathoms water. Thence E. ^ N. to pass 5 cables south
of Goh Leng and 3 cables north of Goh Thanan or Pulo Chupa, a small
round island one mile east of Lam Lem. Pass one mile eastward of Goh
Thanan and then, if bound to Tharua harbour, steer between Goh Ret and
Goh Naka Joi in about 6 fathoms water.
Tides.—The tides in Papra strait are very irregular. At the bar the
times of high and low water seem to correspond nearly with those at
Puket. In the strait the flood stream sets in from both sides at the same time
and meet at the sand bank of Lem Khun. The ebb stream also runs out
of both entrances to the strait at the same time. In the middle of tht-
strait there is hardly any tidal stream, but the water rises and falls froni--
6 to 8 feet. At the west entrance of the strait the tidal stream sometimes-
runs at the rate of 6 knots ; at the east entrance it generally attains onh-
half that velocity.
The South coast forms a large bay (Khelong bay) with shallow
water, the south-west point of which is Lem Voalan. At nearly three-
quarters of a mile to the southward of this point lies Goh Keo-jai or
Pagoda island, on the north-west point of which there are two white
pagodas. Between this island and Voalan point there is a safe passage
having 8 to 10 fathoms water. To the southward of Goh Keo-jai stands
another island, Goh Keo-noi, smaller than the former, but of equal height
and covered with trees. Besides these two islands there are five others-
along the south coast of Junkseylon, all high and wooded ; with depths of
5 to 10 fathoms round them, except along the north side of Goh Khalom...
The inner passage round the south coast is deep ; it runs between Lem
Voalan and Goh Keo-jai, to the southward of Goh Aa and Goh Khalom,
and northward of Goh Hee and Goh Bon.
Eheloug bay.—During the south-west monsoon the best anchorage
is in 5 fathoms, at about 3 cables northward of Goh Aa. In the north
part of Khelong bay are two small rivers, Beusong and Mudong, both
leading to large villages where water and provisions may be had in
abundance at reasonable rates.
In the inner passage the flood streams set to the eastward, and the ebb
to the westward, at the rate of from one to 3 miles an hour.
The £!ast coast trends north and south, is fronted with numerous
islands, and has two harbours, namely, Puket or Tonkah, and Tharua.