NOTICES OF AMOY.
Entrance to Amoy harbor.
On approaching Amoy city, (Hiámun ching,) from the southward, Chapel island, called by the Chinese Tungting and situated in lat. 24° 10′3 N., and long. 118° 13′5 E., or 9.′ 44
E. of the S. W. point of Kúláng seu 鼓浪嶼 may be seen from
four to five leagues: it has an even surface, is about 200 feet high, and its circumference three cables.* It is perforated at its southeast extreme, which shows when it bears E.N.E' or W.S.W. When in
its neighborhood, a pagoda (called Nántái Wúshán★H)
will be seen, which is elevated 1720 feet above the sea, and is a good mark for the entrance.
island of Nánting 南碇
Between Chapel island and the main are two shoals. The ex- tremes of the southern one bear from Chapel island S. 60° W. to S. 77° W. The south extreme, having only one fathom on it, is dis- tant 7 miles. The northern extreme, having 34 fathoms, is distant 5 miles; the direction and extent of the shoal is N.N.E., 34 miles. When on the shoalest part, Chapel island bears N. 60° E., and the or Lamtia, N. 63' W. The Northern shoal bears from Chapel island N. 80° W., distant from it 8 miles; it is formed by a number of pinnacle rocks which show at low water spring tides, having deep water between them. Four miles due north of this shoal, with Chapel island bearing S. 69° E., is a small bay called Tingtae, which affords shelter for small vessels in the northern mon- soon; it may be easily known by the flat table head (with three chimneys on it), forming the eastern point of the bay, and the ruin of a wall encompassing a hill above it. The pagoda of Nántái Wú- shán is immediately over this bay, bearing N. 15° W.
In entering Amoy harbor, should' a vessel pass inside Chapel island, she must not approach within a mile of the coast after passing Tingtae point. The Chauchat, or Taetse ao composed of
three flat rocks, said never to be entirely covered, but over which the sea breaks, lies N. 22°W., 10.6 miles from Chapel island. When on it, the three chimneys on Wúseu shin islaud are in line with
* A cable is one tenth of a mile
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