Tour Through The Eastern Counties Of England, 1722 By Daniel Defoe











































































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From hence we go back into the county about four miles, because of
the creeks which lie between; and then - Page 45
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From Hence We Go Back Into The County About Four Miles, Because Of The Creeks Which Lie Between; And Then Turning East Again Come To Harwich, On The Utmost Eastern Point Of This Large Country.

Harwich is a town so well known and so perfectly described by many writers, I need say little of it.

It is strong by situation, and may be made more so by art. But it is many years since the Government of England have had any occasion to fortify towns to the landward; it is enough that the harbour or road, which is one of the best and securest in England, is covered at the entrance by a strong fort and a battery of guns to the seaward, just as at Tilbury, and which sufficiently defend the mouth of the river. And there is a particular felicity in this fortification, viz., that though the entrance or opening of the river into the sea is very wide, especially at high-water, at least two miles, if not three over; yet the Channel, which is deep, and in which the ships must keep and come to the harbour, is narrow, and lies only on the side of the fort, so that all the ships which come in or go out must come close under the guns of the fort--that is to say, under the command of their shot.

The fort is on the Suffolk side of the bay or entrance, but stands so far into the sea upon the point of a sand or shoal, which runs out toward the Essex side, as it were, laps over the mouth of that haven like a blind to it; and our surveyors of the country affirm it to be in the county of Essex.

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