24-8 ' INPROVEMENT OF RYE HARBOUR. 



attending the account of the lofs of the tonnage, and the poverty of the 

 works: 50I. . fa n & t t j iev were c orr y i t was not m ore. This to me, under 

 thefe circumftances, was a fufficient apology, and I was con- 

 tent. I now offer it to the conftderation of the Society of 

 Arts, as a body in fome degree interefted in the profperity of 

 this kingdom. Should they deem what I have already re- 

 ceived an adequate compenfation for fuch a work, and fuch 

 an undertaking, at fo inclement a feafon, I am ftill content. 

 But if they fhould think proper to grant me an additional 

 remuneration, it will be received with peculiar fatisfa&ion, 

 and confidered as a very great honour by, 



Sir, 

 Your obedient and humble Servant, 

 To Charles Taylor, Efq, DANIEL PAPE. ) 



Cambridge, Trinity Hall t 

 April 2, 1803. 



Reference to the Engraving of the Rev. Mr. Pape's Improve- 

 ment of Rye Harbour, Plate XIII. Fig* 1. 



AA. The double roof, filled with ftraw. 

 BBB. Hazel faggots, 12 to 14 feet long. 



C. The fpace betwixt the roofs filled with gravel or fea* 

 beach . 



D. The faggots which covered the gravel fo laid. 



E. Piles of wood driven through the faggots and ftraw into 

 fc'arth, at the bottom of the river, the heads of which piles 

 are united by crofs pieces of wood. 



F. The folid bed of the river. 



G. The river at low water. 

 H. The high. water mark. 



I. The upper fide of the dam, which oppofes the current 

 of the river, 



K. The lower fide of the dam, which refills the coming-in 

 of the tide. 



Fig. 2. L. Shows the place where the dam was placed. 



M. The old courfe of the river reprefented by dotted lines, 

 and which is now filled up with gravel by the tide. 



N. The new canal, cut by Mr. Pape's directions, anil 

 which is now the regular channel for (hipping. 



O. The 



