Of Rye Pemsey
Cookmere Newhaven
Shoreham &
Arundell
Generall reasons
of decay and
improbability of
repair
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It may be observed that the Havens and Rivers of Rye,
Pemsey, Cookmere, Newhaven, Shoreham & Arundell are
now (whatever they have been) no proper Subjects for
improvement for the Navy, For want of that benefitt all
usefull Ports have Namely a sufficient indraught of the
Sea suitable to the rise of Tydes upon the same Coast that
there (on Springs are) Observ'd to be 19 & 20 ft.
upright, For industry by enclosing Wast on the One hand,
and Nature on the Other, By the plenty of Sullage the Sea
Washes from the higher Shoares and carrys about in Motion
to Lodge again in Places more confin'd and quiet, have by
Degrees not only filled Vast spaces once doubtless possessed
by the Sea wth: firme Ground But have likewise Choaked up
almost ye very passages of the Land Fresh which Naturally
tend to it soe that in these as in the decays of Naturall
things in Generall the Conduits and Channells of their being
are destroyed with themselves and Wee doubt without hopes
of reviving
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