South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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But Large Ships Going For The Eastern Coast Of India Pass By The Coast Of Coromandel, On The Other Side Of This Gulf, Beside The Land Of _Chilao_[149], Which Is Between The Firm Land And The Isle Of Manaar.

On this voyage ships are sometimes lost, but they are empty, as ships going this way discharge their cargoes at _Periapatam_ into small flat-bottomed boats named _Tane_, which can run over any shoal without danger, as they always wait at Periapatam for fine weather.

On departing from Periapatam, the small ships and flat-bottomed boats go always together, and on arriving at the shoals about thirty-six miles from that place, they are forced through by the winds, which always blow so forcibly that they have no means of taking shelter during the passage. The flat boats go through safely; but if the small ships happen to miss the proper channel, they get fast on the shoals, by which many of them are lost. In coming back from the Indies, instead of this passage, they take the channel of Manaar, which has an ouze bottom, so that even in case of grounding they are generally got off again without damage. The reason of not using this passage on the outward voyage is, that the prevailing winds between Ceylon and Manaar frequently occasion that channel to have so little water that it cannot be navigated. From Cape Comorin to the island of Ceylon, the distance is 120 miles.

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