The British mariner's directory and guide to the trade and navigation of the Indian and China seas. Containing instructions for navigating from Europe to India and China. And from port to port in those regions, and parts adjacent: With an account of the trade, mercantile habits, manners, and customs of the natives / [Hattie Maen Elmore].

  • Elmore, Hattie Maen.
Date:
1802
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Credit: The British mariner's directory and guide to the trade and navigation of the Indian and China seas. Containing instructions for navigating from Europe to India and China. And from port to port in those regions, and parts adjacent: With an account of the trade, mercantile habits, manners, and customs of the natives / [Hattie Maen Elmore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thorns. A good thwart mark, is the PalTage Idand, on with the S.W. point of the Great Durion, and open again to the weft- ward of the Tombs, or iflands that lie to the S.W. of the Great Durion. Having rounded the.Small Brother, ftcer S.S.E. and S. by E. half E. taking care not to lofe fight of the beach on the Middle Brother ^ from the deck, until the Great Brother bears N.W. by N.; you may then fteer S. by W. for Tanjong Barroo, to avoid the overfalls on the tail of the eaft reef, which you are not clear of, wdiile the Falfe Durion is within the extremes of the Three Brothers, or any where touching on them. You will carry from 13 to 16 fathoms in mid- channel to Tanjong Barroo; but come no nearer that point than \z fathoms, as the bank is fteep too. When the Great Brother bears N.W. or N.W. by N. you may work into any depth of i^ter you pleafe, from 13 on the Sumatra fhore to 17 fathoms mid-channel, and 15 on the eaft fide, until you are as far to the fouthward as Tanjong Barroo, or Baflbo. . TO PASS TO THE WESTWARD OF THE THREE BROTHERS. As foon as you are clear of the Paflage Iflands keep the Falfc^ Durion clofe on board, and run down mid-channel between the Hound Brother and it, giving the Brothers a birth of one mile and a-half to avoid the overfalls and foul ground near them; and hav- ing the Great Brother N.W. by N. follow the former inftrudlions. From Tanjong Barroo to the Calantigas the courfe is S. one- quarter E. diftance 10 leagues; keep along the Sumatra bank in feven fathoms, and you will pafs between the Calantigas and the main, in mid-channel, and about four miles from the ifland. If obliged to turn through with a fcant wind, come no nearer the ifland than nine fathoms, and ftand to the Sumatra fliore into five fathoms. From the Calantigas to Pooloo Varifla the courfe is S.E. half E. diftance iz leagues; you have iz fathoms in the channel mud. C If