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50 MALACCA SIRAIT.
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MALAT COAST.
[chap. i.
close along the west shore of Liborig, theuce between a large sand-flat 'ex-
tending off that island and a group of roiiks and sand-banks in the bay, to
Goh Muk ; in this channel there are depths of from 2 to 5 fathoms at low
water. With Goh Muk bearing West, distant one mile, vessels may
anchor in 3 fathoms at low water, sandy bottom.*
From the anchorage off G-oh Muk, the channel lies between sand-banks
in a N. by W. direction, and has from 1^ to 3 fathoms at low water. On
the west side of the river-mouth there is a small fishing village, where
good river pilots may be obtained. Trang river runs up in a general
north and south direction, and is said to extend upwards of 50 miles
inland; it is narrow and has from 1^ to 3 or 4 fathoms at low-water spring
tides.
Trang town, where the Governor resides, is 13 miles up the river, and
as far as that place, the river was ascended by His Siamese Majesty's ship
Regent in September 1875, drawing \0\ feet. At 3 miles above Trang
town is the Chinese town of Kintain, to which vessels it is said drawing
12 feet can navigate.
Plieng river empties into the bay, eastward of Libong ; at its
entrance, and for some distance up it has depths of 5, 4, and 3 fathoms in
it. The Eajah's residence is about 7 miles up the river. Tin and pepper
is exported, and coal is found in considerable quantities ; several other
minerals are also found here.f
Between Plieng river and Pulo Trotau are many dangerous rocks and
islets, of which little is known.
PULO MOHEA, a group consisting of two large and one small
island lying close together about 17 miles south-east from the Pilgrims, are
high-wooded islands, with deep water around them. The east side of these
islands is high and steep-to, and on this side of the southern island is a
waterfall, the water falling almost from the top of the island into the sea.
On the west side the islands slope gradually, and on this side they form
a sandy bay, with good anchorage and gradually shoaling water ; vessels
may find good shelter here in the south-west monsoon.
The south point of Pulo Mohea is high, bold, and steep-to.
Sangald (Guilder) Rocks, are situated 14 miles W. by S. i S.
from the south point of Pulo Mohea and S. by W. from the largest of the
Pilgrims, forming a group, of which only two small points are above water.
The south rock is about 8 feet, the north rock about 4 feet above high-
water, and there is from 30 to 35 fathoms water round them. These rocks
* See note on page 49.
t This riyer is probably a mouth of the Trang.
X The Brothers, Pulo Mohea, Butong group and Lankawi, from remarks and surveys
of the Hon. F. C. Vereker, H.M.S. Magpie, 1884.
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