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CHAP.!.] SLINGSING BAT.—PORT WELD.—LARUT RIVER. 65
of 4 feet at low water springs, fronts
deepens.
the entrance, inside which the water
Telok Kertang, about 7 miles from the entrance of LarSt river, is
the present port of Lariit. It has a wharf and custom house ; aud the
river abreast the town is 120 yards wide, with a depth of about 12 feet.
A road connects it with Tliaipeng and Matiing. The shoalest spot in the
river is abreast Trusan Siamang just below the police station, where the
depth is only 4 feet.
Ewala Sapetang, 4 miles within Tanjong Krong, leads to Port
Weld ; its entrance has a short bar with 6 feet water.
StlUgi Limau is separated from Lariit river by an extensive mud
bank which dries in patches, the water deepens inside the bar to about
2 fathoms, the channel being marked by fishing stakes.
Light.—A red light is exhibited at an elevation of 30 feet, from a
mast erected on Tanjong Krong, north side of entrance to Larut river,
visible about 4 miles.
Beacons with discs, mark the edges of the banks on both sides of
Larut river as far up as Trusan Siamang, just below the police station.
The discs on these beacons are painted black on one side and white on the
other ;
the black side of discs must be always kept on the starboard hand,
and white side of discs on the port hand, both on entering and leaving the
river. Two beacons are also placed on the bar fairway, about one mile
apart.
Directions.—Vessels should approach Lariit river with the lighthouse
bearing East, until the outer beacons are seen, then they should be
steered for, passing from one to 2 cables on either side in a depth of 12
feet at high water springs ; pass northward of No. 3 beacon (showing
the black side of a disc), the other beacons will then be seen, which mark
both sides of the channel.
From abreast Kwala Sapetang bound to Telok Kertang, shoot across to
the south shore to avoid the bank extending nearly across the channel
from the east point of that channel, keeping that shore across the bar
of 4 feet off Trusan Siamang, until abreast of the police station. Thenco
the river is narrow and tortuous, but deeper ; the concave side should be
kept as far as the last point before reaching Telok Kertang, when haul
over for it as soon as the town opens, to avoid a spit off the creek on
the north shore.
Proceeding to Port "Weld haul into Kwala Sapetang when
that channel is well open, the entrance to which has but 6 feet on the bar,
thence deepening to Port Weld ; when within the bar keep the concave
side of the channel.
Pilots for Larut river should be obtained at Penang.
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