THE VOYAGE FROM GROMSTAD TO ENGLAND. 3 



towers all of stone, as well as beautiful houses-, gardar, 

 windmills, etc. 



Bankarna vid Segelleden. The banks near the 

 navigable channels are marked by black or white buoys, 

 which float on the surface of the water. 



In this river there is the Ebb and Flood, which goes 

 right up beyond London. Seafarers avail themselves of 

 it in this way, that when it is flowing upwards, the ships 

 and boats which are bound for London go with it, but 

 directly the Ebb begins to go, these all cast their an- 

 chors and lie still; then, on the other hand, those coming 

 from London lift anchor, and drive outwards with the 

 Ebb as long as it continues to run, and when it stops 

 they drop their anchors. In this way vessels come both 

 to and from London without particularly [T. I. p. 140] 

 caring about the wind that is blowing, so long as it is not 

 too strong. It is impossible to express the untold multi- 

 tude of ships and vessels which sail up and down this 

 river daily, especially in the summer time, when ships in 

 some of the narrower places can hardly avoid running 

 into each other, and often at the same time cause each 

 other great damage. 



Themse Ploden. The River Thames.— On the 6th 

 February in the morning we continued our voyage. At 

 mid- day we sailed past the town of Gravesend on the 

 left hand, which is commanded by a little fort in its 

 midst.* The width of the river for about a mile above 

 Gravesend was about three to four musket shots. 



Batars Styren. The steering apparatus of boats. In 



* The Blockhouse erected 1539 by Henry VIII. " Upon which certain 

 "piece of land called ' Le Grene' a certain house and tower called a Block- 

 " house by our Lord the King, is just now built and constructed." {Deed of 

 Conveyance of "Le Grene," 3rd June, 1543). "This Blockhouse remains 

 "at the waterside in front or north of the terrace at the west side of Terrace 

 "garden and pier." (Cruden Hist, of Gravesend 1843, 8vo. p. 163). [ L L ] 



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