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tains eastward, between this peak and Lampoon Bay, the most 
elevated of which is called Lampoon Peak. These mountains 
can be seen a great way at sea in clear weather, by vessels run- 
ning for the Strait of Sunda. 
In the middle of the entrance to Keyser's Bay is Tubooan, or 
Keyser's Island, which is high, bold, and safe to approach, the 
channel on either side being spacious and clear of danger ; bat 
the water is deep, and the bottom rocky in some places. On the 
northeast side of the island, there is anchorage in fifteen or six- 
teen fathoms, sandy bottom, about a mile from the shore. Near 
the eas* point there is a salt water creek, six feet deep at the 
entrance, with fresh water at the head, where a supply may be 
procured. There are some pepper plantations on the island ; and 
at the east end are tali trees, fit for masts. There is an excellent 
harbour, with five, six, and seven fathoms water in it near the east 
point of Keyser's Bay, which may be known by some islets close 
to the entrance, one of them resembling a sugarloaf. 
Lampoon Bay, which the Potomac was now endeavouring to 
reach, is further up the strait, on the same coast, about thirty 
miles from Flat Point and Keyser's Bay. It is formed between 
Tanjong Tekoos on its west, and Rajah Bassa on its east side ; 
and is not less than twenty miles wide at its entrance, and ex- 
tends northward into the land nearly the same distance. From 
Tanjong Tekoos, the west point of the bay, a chain of islands 
extends a considerable way to the eastward, having channels be- 
tween some of them, and also between them and the point, with 
soundings from forty to twenty fathoms. Other islands line the 
western shore of the bay inside, between which and the main 
there are several good roads or places of shelter, formed by the 
adjoining islands and shoals, with small villages opposite to them 
on the main. 
The outermost and largest island near the entrance of the bay, 
is called Pulo Lagoondy, and is separated from Tanjong Tekoos 
by a channel about half or three fourths of a mile wide, with 
thirty or forty fathoms water in it, and no soundings outside in 
the entrance, which seems to render it rather intricate for large 
ships, as it is formed by high land, liable to produce eddy winds, 
accompanied at times by strong currents. But with a leading land- 
breeze in the morning, a ship may run out through it with safety. 
