"رحلات من الهند إلى إنجلترا: تشمل زيارة إلى الإمبراطورية البورمية، رحلة عبر بلاد فارس، آسيا الصغرى، تركيا الأوروبية وغيرها، في السنوات ١٨٢٥-١٨٢٦، بقلم جيمز إدوارد أليكساندر" [‎٥] (٤١٢/٤٢)

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one of which we succeeded in killing. On the surface of the water
was seen swimming a murcena ophis, or sea-serpent, in length about
four feet 5 the colour of the back black, the belly white, and a row
of dark spots along the sides, the tail rounded : it was unprovided with
the caudal fin. A monstrous fish also made its appearance near us
apparently of the genus raia ; its length about twenty or twenty-five
feet, and its breadth nearly the same ; the colour of the back reddish.
There was a very heavy swell on the bank. Steering from N.N.E.
to N.W. to haul off it, ran a distance of four knots, when the water
deepened to twenty fathoms. Whilst on the coral shoal, in eight
fathoms water, the extremes of the island were from 8^ N. to N.N.E.,
with a small bay in the centre. This island, unlike the Great
Andaman, is upon a level with the water's edge: it is covered with
a very lofty jungle, and is of coral formation. The length is twenty-
five miles, the breadth fifteen. We saw a light on shore, brought
up off the north-west point, and anchored in eight fathoms and
a-half, at two miles and a-half distance from the land.
The next morning, at day-light, the chief mate and myself left
the vessel in one of the cutters, intending to search for water. We had
six Bengal Lascars on board, armed with muskets, besides the tyndal
or coxswain, who was a Malay. In pulling towards the shore we
observed on the beach a woman and child, who appeared to be
collecting shell-fish: on perceiving the boat approaching they ran
into the jungle. We discovered a little sandy bay (which I took the
liberty of christening after the name of our ship), with coral reefs
running out from both extremes, over which a tremendous surf was
breaking: the water inside was perfectly smooth. Anchoring the
cutter a few fathoms* length from shore, and leaving a couple of
hands