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Chusan Archipelago.
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channel at high water. The island appears formerly to have been Sew shan) the land being very low and protected from the sea by walls, near the northern extreme.
H. M. ship Pylades anchored here in the month of Feb., in 5 fathoms, six tenths of a mile from the west point of Sheppey, bearing N. 8° W.; the island south of Sheppey bearing 8. 54° W.; and the highest peak of Chusan S. 7° E. To the eastward of Sheppey are two cliff islets, the nearest is 1.8 mile distant, and the further 4 miles. South from the western, 2 cables, is a ledge of rocks, which is occasionally covered; and 0.6 of a mile W.N.W. from the eastern, is another small islet. The mud bank from Sheppey gradually deep- ens to the eastward, the depth of water, when the island of Pooto bears due south being 8 fathoms.
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Tae shan
To the northeast of Fisher's island, 54 miles, is the island of Tae shan, which is very populous. The centre of the island is an extensive flat with many villages near to its eastern ex- treme; the hills also separate, leaving a level plain across the island. Midway between Fisher's island and it are two small islets; and between Barren island and it are three others, off the south end of the westernmost of which is a sunken rock. Rocks also extend off the southwest and north points of the central one of the three. A mud bank extends from the northwest point of Barren island nearly to the first islet of the three, which lies to the N. W. of it. Between them and Tae shan the bottom is sandy with irregular soundings.
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Kwan shan ŝ 14. The passage between Kwan shan and Tae shan is 3 cables wide; on the Tae shan shore are several small islets; the channel is deep. H. M. ship Pylades anchored in a small cove to the north of Kwan shan on the island of Tae shan, and rode out a heavy gale of wind. The cove, however, is too small to be recom- mended, and the deep water in its vicinity is also disadvantageous.
To the westward of Tae shan, the islands extend about 15 miles, and from the summit, the termination of the group northerly could not be defined.
Changtoo. To the eastward of Tae shan, and separated by a channel 1.5 miles, is another large island, called Changtoo by the Chinese, and is probably the Blackheath of Thornton's chart. The southe-n face of this island has many deep indentations, and may be composed of several islands. The time allotted for the ser- vice did not admit of a closer investigation.
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'The breadth of the channel, between Changtoo and the two islands
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