386 GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OP THE ISLAND OF BANKA. 
the bays and smaller points along the coast have not yet been deter¬ 
mined. Several miles to the south of Tanjong Tuwing we find the 
island Pulo Simbang nearly opposite the discharge of the river of 
M apur. A small point, to the west of the island is called Tanjong 
Mapur. After two less considerable points Tanjong Bdtu and Tan¬ 
jong L&yang follows the projecting point Tanjong Raya beyond 
which the const return considerably to the west, and then pursues, 
upon the whole, a south-eastern course, in conformity to the general 
direction of the island, to the furtherest southern extremity. Be¬ 
tween the two last mentioned points, Tanjong Raya in the south and 
Tanjong Layang in the north occurs the Bay of Smigie-lzdt, which 
will be noticed more particularly in another place. 
The bay of Kldbbet is frequently referred to in the affairs of Ban¬ 
ka, and deserves some attention ; the mines however, which at pre¬ 
sent remain in its vicinity are of secondary importance, and the bay 
appears to the writer, interesting chiefly for the purpose of carrying 
on an intercourse between the western and eastern settlements (or 
between Klabbet and Sungie-liat) by means of small vessels. A re¬ 
gular survey having been made of the bay, I refer to that for the 
necessary information relating to its importance and advantages in a 
nautical point of view : my object at present is to give a concise geo¬ 
graphical account of it in connection with the other parts of the 
island. 
The Bay of Klabbet consists of an outer and an inner bay, the 
latter is again subdivided by several projecting- points. Its general 
direction is from north to south. The outer bay is comprized be¬ 
tween point Tanjong Mellalla in the north-west point Tanjong Tada 
in the north-east, point Tanjong Ru in the south-west and point 
Tanjong Mantung in the south-east: a* - the two last points the bay 
is considerably contracted, while the direction of the coast from 
Tanjong Ru to Tanjong Mellalld, is upon the whole, north-west and 
north-east. Through the western portion of the bay is dispersed 
numerous rocks, some projecting beyond the surface others conceal 
ed : between the two extreme points of the eastern coast of the bay 
the direction is nearly directly north and south, and here the passage 
