ON THE ICTIS OF DIODORUS SICULUS. 299 
of the catastrophe, to which the submersion of 
this wood is to be referred, cannot now be deter- 
mined with certainty. But, from the fact of ripe 
nuts being found, and the trees not being destitute 
of leaves, it may be inferred, that the irruption 
took place in the autumn ; and it is a circumstance 
deserving of notice, that, in the reign of William 
Rufus, on the 11th of November, 1099, such an 
invasion of the ocean did occur, and is thus noticed 
in the Saxon Chronicle. ‘In this year (MXCIX) 
also, on the festival of St. Martin, the waves of 
the sea made great inroads, and occasioned more 
loss than any one had ever known them to do 
before.”* Simeon of Durham alludes to the same 
inroad of the sea, as having taken place “ on the 
third of the nones of November,” (which cor- 
responds with the 11th of that month;) and 
entombing ‘‘ towns and men in great numbers, 
and oxen and sheep innumerable.” 
* Hoc item anno, in Sancti Martini festo, tantum aucti 
sunt maris fluctus, tantumque damni maritimis dederunt, 
quantum nullus meminerit eos unquam antea dedisse. (Gib- 
soni Chonicum Saxonicum, A.D. MXCIX. p. 207.) 
+ Tertio Non. Novembris mare littus egreditur, et villas 
et homines quamplures, boves et oves innumeras demersit. 
(Simeonis Monachi Dunelmensis Historia de Gestis Regum 
Anglorum, apud Historie Anglicane Scriptores X. edente 
Rogero Twysden; 1652, Fol. Anno Domini 1099. p. 224.) 
