240 VOYAGE OF THE POTOMAC. [March, 
moved on at the rate of eight knots, and every one expected to 
reach Lampoon Bay, which is situated on the Sumatra side of the 
strait, on the following day. At ten o'clock, P. M., however, the 
wind had become so light that it was necessary to come to anchor, 
which was done in sixty-two fathoms of water, and . about five 
miles distant from the Island of Crockatoa. At daylight the next 
morning, Saturday, March the third, our ship was again got under 
way, and as the wind was dead ahead from, the northeast, the 
whole day was employed in beating up towards Lampoon Bay. 
As this process afforded an excellent opportunity for examining 
both sides of the strait, we shall here give a short description of 
that interesting avenue, which leads from the Indian Ocean into 
the China Sea. 
The southwesternmost extremity of Sumatra, which bounds 
the west entrance to the Strait of Sunda on that side, is called 
Flat Point, and is in latitude 104° 40' east, distant about three 
leagues southeast from Fortune Island. Flat Point is a long 
neck of land, jutting out and projecting several leagues from the 
mainland of Sumatra, and forming the southwest side of Key- 
ser's Bay. The south part of this neck of land is low and woody, 
and its extreme point is sometimes called Tanjong Chinna, 
Vessels have anchored on the east side of this point in seventeen 
fathoms, where they were sheltered from northwest winds, and 
procured a supply of water. • 
On proceeding further up the strait, the coast of Sumatra is 
found to be indented by two large bays ; one of which is Keyser's, 
just mentioned, and the other, further north. Lampoon Bay, 
There are also, along this side of the strait, several islands and 
rocks of various dimensions. Keyser's Bay projects into the- 
land about five leagues, in a northwesterly direction, and is about 
three leagues wide, having water of various depths, from fifty to 
one hundred fathoms, inside along the western shore, and at the 
upper part, where the anchorage is good, over a muddy bottom. 
The village of Borne stands close to the northwest end of the 
bay, where there are some shoal rivulets. The shores are gen- 
erally low, and the lands marshy near the sea ; but in some places 
there are pepper plantations. A little inland from the northwest 
angle of the bay, rises a high conical mountain, called Samanca, 
or Semanco Peak, also Keyser's Peak. There are other moun- 
