(From the " AtftfALES de l' Extreme Orient," August, 1S79,) 



KLOUWANG AND ITS CAVES, 



WEST COAST OF ATCHIN. 



TR.VYELLIXCr NOTES OF 



M. L. H. WALLON, 



Civil Engineer of Mines. 



TBANSLATED BY 



1). F. A. HE11YEY. 



,l|Ml OE three days we remained in sight of the port of Klou- 



wang ( x ) without being able to reach it. our vessel, 



though one of the finest sailers of the Straits, being 



~c-0^kr unable to overcome the resistance offered by the wind 



J j and current, which seem to have combined against ns. 



At last, on the morning of the third da}*, thanks to a light breeze 



( x ) The port of Klouwang is situated on the West coast, thirty 

 miles South of Achin Head. The bay is excellent, being sheltered 

 by an almost round and very lofty island, the shores of which are 

 perpendicular cliffs. Thus the port has two entrances, the wider 

 and safer being the Northern, the narrower lying to the South 

 Yv r est ; the latter is rendered a little dangerous by a line of break- 

 ers, which, however, protects the port from the Southerly winds. 

 The anchorage of Klouwang is very good in all seasons, but the 

 port unfortunately can only contain three or four vessels. The 

 Raja is Toncou Lampasse, who. during the war with Achin. has 

 supplied the Dutch with information regarding the opinions and 

 plans of the Achinese. The river Klouwang is small, and flows 

 from the S. E. to the N. W. ; its entrance is a little to the left of 

 the bay, and is rendered very difficult of passage by rocks at water 

 level. The country produces about 1.000 pikuls of pepper ; before 

 the war it produced 10.000 pikuls. 



