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according to the Ufage before C^efars Time, the Name 
of Anderida there, is readily accounted for. Moreo- 
ver, this Place feems moft naturally featcd, for giving an 
Appellation to the great Wood, to which it adjoin’d : 
For, as it felf is on the Shoar, fo alfo the Sylva Ande> 
rida here, came very near the Shore ; and a large part 
of it might be (een from the Sea before it : Indeed, on 
the Sea off of Ronuuy, it might be difcover’d ; but then 
the Diftance w’as great : At all ether parts of the Coaft, 
the Sight of it from Sea, is hinder’d by Hills, or high 
CliSs. 
Setting afide the want of a navigable River, the Spot 
of Ground where this old Town flood, yields to none 
in the County for Importance and Fleafure : For here, 
like a Wedge, ends the firm Soil of the Downs j Nature 
* has fhap’d it like an Equilateral Triangle, having each 
fide half a Mile in Length : Towards the Sea, on the 
Southern fide, ’tis fenc’d by a low Cliff, of 12, i^, and 
in fome Places zo Foot high ( in which Cliff is now to 
be feen a ftrong Foundation, that has acute Angles, 
which fhews it to have been for a Fort rather than a 
Dwelling-Houfe ^ On the Northern fide is a Morafs, 
with a large Rivulet of very good Water. Between 
the Weft fide and the Downs lies a fmall VaWey, by 
which Advantage, there was formerly a Harbour, ca- 
pable of a fmall Fleet ; the Banks on each fide of it arc 
an Evidence it was funk by Induftry; but by Weeds 
and Gravel from the Sea, and by Mould annually added, 
as is obfervable ’ in Valleys, it is now fo rais’d, that 
*tis never flow’d but at high Spring-Tydes, when a ftrong 
Wind forceth the Waves into it. This Harbour muft 
have been a good Security to part of the Weft fide ; 
what other Works might have been to guard it, from 
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‘ Philof. TranfaCl. An. 1701. N® S74. Pag. $i 6 . 
