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44 MALACCA STRAIT. MALAY COAST. [ohaim.
Lem Dakmai, the north point of Goh Jao Noi, has several islands
o£E it; immediately to the northward are two- high, perpendicular islands
(Goh Doda) which can be passed on both sides, but the channel north of
them is generally used, as it is the broader ; in it the depth is 7 fathoms.
About one mile East from Goh Doda are two high, perpendicular rocks
named Goh Thalu ; between Lem Dakmai and Doda is a depth of
7 fathoms.
Goh Broi and Goh Batang are two high, bold islands northwest
of Lem Dakmai ; Goh Broi has deep water on its north and east
sides, Goh Batang on its south and east sides ; on the other sides of both
are extensive sand-banks with shallow water. Northward of Goh Doda lies
a group of islands, the principal of which are Goh Bantae, Goh Klui, Goh
Tyung Lat, and Goh Fai Mai. Goh Bantae and Tyung Lat are small,
rocky islands ;
Goh Klui and Goh Fai Mai are large, high islands, bold and
steep-to. Westward of this group is a good channel with from 7 to 10
fathoms water, leading between Goh Ganam and Goh Klui ; this channel
runs nearly N.W. by N., and is the usual passage up to Goh Mak.
Goh Mak {Betelnut island), is a low, wooded island, about 1^ miles
long, and three-quarters of a mile broad, in latitude 8" 16' N. It is
surrounded on the north, west, and south sides by extensive sand-banks, but
has deep water on the east side where vessels may anchor within a cable or
two from the island in from 6 to 10 fathoms. The Eajah of Panga has a
house here, and good water is plentiful. The best water is to be obtained
on the north-east side of the island, and at high water boats can go close
up to the well. Poultry, vegetables, and fruit can also be procured.
The whole space between Goh Mak, Goh Jao Noi, and Goh Boi is full
of sandbanks and rocks, parts of which are visible only at low water.
From the northern point of Goh Bantan (an island to the northward of
Goh Boi Jai) there is a channel to the eastward, in which the depth is
H
fathoms at low-water springs. Tiiis channel is not often used ; vessels
generally go round the east coast of Goh Jao Jai and to the northward of
Goh Jao Noi.
In the bay northward of Goh Jao Noi, besides many small there are
three tolerably large rivers : the Takuatung, the Panga, and the Paklan
rivers.
THE COAST.—Takuatung river lies near the head of the
deep bay, lying to the north-eastward of Junkseylon. It may be ap-
proached from the southward to within 2 miles of its mouth, by passing
between several islands, Goh Boi Jai and Goh Bantan on the one side,
and on the other side an extensive group of very high, bold islands, 500
to 1,000 feet in height, lying along the coast of the mainland. The largest
of these islands, Goh Tyanak, about 2^ miles westwai'd of Goh Bantan, is