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CHAP. I.] ISLANDS EASTWAKD OF JUNKSEYLON. 43
Groh Mai Tan and Goh Dakmai: When about one mile off the north point
of Goh Mai Tan, a N.W. by W.. course will lead up to the entrance of
Puket harbour.
GOH JAO NOI is about 500 feet high, and thickly wooded, lying to
the northward of Goh Jao Jai, from which it is separated by a channel a
quarter to \^ miles in breadth. In the western part of the channel are
depths of 3, 4, and 5 fathoms along the Goh Jao Jai shore ; towards the
middle of the channel the water shoals to 2 and 1^ fathoms, and in the
eastern part it deepens again to 4 and 5 fathoms. About half a mile north-
west from Lem Sam is a rock about 10 feet high, to the south of which are
depths of 5 and 6 fathoms. Lem Sam is a very low sandy point, with a
bank extending from it in a north-easterly direction; to the northward 6i
the bank is a depth of 5 fathoms, and to the eastward of it 7 and 8 fathoms
for about half a mile ; it then shoals to 2 and 3 fathoms, filling up the
space between Goh Rang Nok and Goh Deng (two small islands about
1^ miles to the northward of Goh Rang Nak) ; about one mile east of these
islands are depths of 6 and 7 fathoms.
The ?ast coast extends north and south and nearly in a line with the east
coast of Goh Jao Jai. About 3 cables off the south-east point (Lem Sai)
are two small islands (Goh Deng), surrounded by sandbanks and connected
with the main island by a reef. To the north of these islands the coast is
perfectly clear, with 5 and 6 fathoms close to the shore, and from 9 to 10
fathoms about one mile off. About 2 miles off the coast is an extensive
group of islands, all very high and bold, and almost without exception
steep-to. The southernmost of the group is named Goh Gaman. Between
these islands and Goh Jao Jai is a safe channel with depths of 10 and 12
fathoms. The flood-stream in this channel sets to the northward, the ebb
to the southward, at the rate of about 2 or 3 miles an hour.
The south coast trends in a W.N.W. direction ; it is mostly low and
wooded, and there are large sand and mud banks extending along the whole
length of it. I'he west point is connected by a reef with a small island
(Goh Jung), to the north-west of which is a large high island, Goh Boi Jai,
with deep water on its west side ; between this island and Goh Jung
there is a depth of 1^ fathoms and the bottom is rocky.
Goh Boi Nai, two small, round islands, about half a mile north of Goh
Boi Jai, are surrounded by shallow water, and between them there is a
depth of 1-^ fathoms.
Goh Bantan, a larger island, about one mile north of Goh Boi Jai, is
about 200 feet high, and has deep water on its west and north sides.
(Joh. Plong, about one mile north from the west point of Goh Jao
Noi, is surrounded by rocks and sand-banks.