( 1^7) ) . , 
Oxford[l)ire the Parifbes of Shtlton doih belong to BtrJi- 
pjire^ Dayksford to W^^wick/fjire ^ Cornet on \o Glopicejler- 
fijire, and Stratton-Andley to BuckingkafTjjJjire^ altho all^ 
included in the other : And there is a Farm which doth 
belong to this Parifh of Brawfree, that is feparated froai 
it at kaft 2 miles, and many others might be given, but 
let thefe fuffice. And to me a probable^ reafon cf this 
Foris being accounted in Effey^ is, the Sands here Tub- 
fiding, made at firft, I fuppofe, an Infulu, v/hich being: 
neareft to Ejfex was accounted of that County 5 or sdly, 
the Ifland fo made beIon.4ing to none but the Crown, it 
was at the pleafureof the JQngs Officers to call it of which 
County they pleafed. JsJor was lUheGentleman in Camh^ 
^/e;?'s ignorance (whatever this Auj^hor faith) that made 
him mention thefe Stones for VetrifdUions made by the Sea, 
for Mr Taykr in his aforefaid Colle&ions did not omit the 
tradition the Inhabitants of this Town have about the 
alteration cf the Mouth of this Haven, which I will tran- 
feribe in his own words. It's generally believed that Stoure 
did formerly in a Jlraigkter current ( than now it doth) dif* 
charge itfelfinto the S^at about Hoafley-bay, under im 
High-lanrI of Walton Colnefs and Felix-Stow in the County 
^/Suffolk, heti^ixt whom and Landguard Fort are (^as thy 
are reputed) certain remains of the old Channel^ which the 
neighkonrlng Inhabitants ftill call Fleets^ retaining at this 
day the tradition of the courfe of the Water ^ and the en- 
trance into this Haven to havs heretofore been by and through 
them. 
And I am of opinion that this Tradition is matter of 
faft, having before hinted to you what mutations the 
Mouths of great Rivers daily undergo by the lodgment 
of Sands, &c. which may be afiign d as a better reafon 
for this alteration than that of our Author, i. e. that it 
was Artificial 5 and the yeariv wafhing of the Cliff on 
the Harwich fide, doth like -ife add to its probability 5 
it being a conftant obfervation^ that where the Sea gain- 
