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54 MALACCA STRAIT.—MALAY COAST. [chap. i.
From Tanjong Sawa the coast trends north-eastward for 6^ miles to a
long sandy beach, being a succession of rocky points with sandy bays
between them, and backed by hills rising to the height of 71 6 feet. Along
this coast are a few villages.
The south east coast of Bass harbour is bold ; some of the cliffs are
broken and irregular, rising abruptly from the water.
Within one mile eastward of Tanjong Sawa are three small islands, and
a reef about one foot above high water.
Pulo Kintlit,
and ha's a double hill.
lies south-westward of Sawa point, is 397 feet high,
Pulo Bassa has a sharp well-defined summit 828 feet high, and at
1-^ cables east of the south point of the island lies a rock which uncovers at
half tide.
Pulo Laddas, the south-western island of the group, is hilly and
covered with thick jungle. The highest peak, 1,006 feet, situated near the
southern end, is well defined.
The east coast of the island is indented with bays, blocked by reefs
extending about one cable off shore.
Pulo Chupa, a small wooded islet, 100 feet high, lies 4 cables S.E.
from the south point of Laddas island, having 11 fathoms in the channel
between.
Pulo Tubah. is mountainous, with many rugged and peculiar lime-
stone peaks, the highest of which is 1,571 feet high; near the western
coast are several steep rocky islets near the shore, and the coast is formed
of high perpendicular cliffs, which in common with most of the islands off
this coast are undermined below high-water mark for some distance.
Tyson strait, between Palo Laddas and Pulo Tubah, is the southern
entrance to Bass harbour. In the middle of the strait is a mud bank, one
mile in extent, under the depth of 3 fathoms; the least water being 13
feet.
Junk rock, 188 feet high, in the north part of the strait at its
junction with Bass harbour, is square-shaped and precipitous.
Canister rock, a small .square-shaped rock, 68 feet high, is the outer
of the group of islands in the south-east part of Tyson strait.
TIDES.—It is high water, full and change, at the Butong group at
lOh. 34m. Springs rise 9 feet. The tidal streams are irregular and much
influenced by winds and local causes.
It is high water, full and change, in Tyson strait at noon. Springs rise
8 feet. The flood tide runs to the southward out of Bass harbour from
one-half to one knot, and the ebb stream the reverse way.