How Scituate
The condition
of the Haven
The decay there
of incapacity
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Is distant from Cookmere about 4 Miles Westward, and Stands
upon the River wch: goes to Lewis and the Wild of Sussex,
about a Mile and quarter from the Wash of ye. Sea, and
is likewise very inconsiderable being stopped up and Barr'd
by the same means wch: hath rendered the forementioned
Havens useless Namely by enclosing the Wast in the Levells
about the same, and excluding the indraught of the Sea, that
in all probability in former times had greater freedom to
flow in and out, and kept the Channell deep and open, But
there are now noe Qualifications to be discerned proper for
the Navy.
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