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'"'^'^•'•^ PENANG.—KRA ISLANDS. 63
At night. — It is optional with the pilots whether they will take
vessels in or out at night, or not.
The -COAST.—Pry River.—The rivers Piy, Jum, Batucawan
and Kreelin have their exit on the coast abreast Penang.
Pry river is situated on the main, nearly abreast of Georgetown, and
eastward of the northern end of Great Kra bank. A mud-flat which dries,
extends about 3 cables southward of the northern point of entrance, and
about 2 cables ofF the east point. The channel over the bar has about
9 feet at low water, and is marked by red beacons on the port hand, and a
white beacon on the starboard hand. The south point is embanked, and
here are situated the workshops, &c., in connexion with the dock men-
tioned with the account of Georgetown, page 59). The river abreast the
dock has from 2J to 3^ fathoms at low water.
A harbour mark obelisk stands near the south point of the river.
Batucawan (Junjon) river entrance is almost dry at low
water; inside the depths are from 2 to 5 fathoms. It joins the Kreelin
river on the east side of Batucawan island. The chart will give the best
idea of these streams.
Korrow or Kurow river, 3 miles southward of Kreelin river, is navigable
for craft drawing 4^ feet for a distance of 40 miles.
Era islands lie off the entrance of Batucawan river, about a mile
distant. North Kra island is one mile long and 337 feet high, and South
Kra is three-quarters of a mile long and 270 feet high, separated from North
Kra by a passage having 3 feet water. There is a channel of not less than
4 fathoms leading from Georgetown to Kra islands and the coast abreast,
eastward of Kra flat. Southward of the islands, Great Kra flat blocks the
The coast from Korrow river takes a southerly direction to Tahjong
Plana, a distance of 8 miles, thence south-eastw'ard for 1 1 miles to Tanjong
Pasir, Slingsing bay, beyond which at a further distance of 5 miles ib
Larut river. This coast forms several bights, is low and thickly woodetl,
and bordered by Great Kra flat extending 10 miles off shore.*
Fishing stakes.—There are numerous fishing stakes many miles off
shore, between Penang and Larut river, on the Great Kra bank, but gene-
rally within a depth of 3 fathoms.
The rivers Panjang and Kotah enter the sea between Tanjong Plana and
Tanjong Pasir.
* See Admiralty chart :—Malacca strait, No. 793a ; scale, »i = 0'25 of an inch.