The Dogger-Bank.
On the Dogger-Bank the ground is even for ten leagues together; on the South-side of it there is 24, 24, 25, 25, 25, 24, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18 fathom, fine white Sand; and on the North-side it falls off with a flat, and deepens by little and little; in sayling four leagues North after you have sixteen fathom, you will have your water every cast deeper; at four leagues you will have twenty fathom, fine white Sand; the Bank lyeth nearest North-east from the Sporn, and runneth near the Juttish-Riff: On the South-side, a mile from the Bank, you will have 20 and 22 fathom fine white and gray Sand; you will have 18, 17, 16, 14, 11 fa∣thom, fine whitish gray Sand, and continueth in the depth of 11 fathom on the Dogger-bank for 7 leagues together, in the Latitude of 55 deg. 9 min. to the East∣wards of Flamborough-head 34 leagues. The Sound∣ings on the very Ridge of the Dogger-bank, toward the West end, are 11, 11, 12, 11, 10 and a half, 10 and a half, 10 and a quarter, 10 and a quarter, 10 and a half fathom. In standing a mile southerly, you will deepen from 10 and a quarter to 12 fathom, and sayling We∣sterly you will find shoaler water: In sayling 30 leagues East and West, the ground is of the same nature: For three leagues breadth North or South, it is 11, 12, 10 and a half, 11, 11, 13, 14, 15, 14 fathom; then the water grows deeper on either side, but more steeper on the North than on the South; yet towards the West part of this Bank, you will find the South side to deepen more suddenly than to the East end: It lyeth nearest S. W. by West, and N. E. by East, stretching within 16 leagues of Flamborough-head. The Sound∣ings on the West end Flamborough-head bearing East by North, four degrees northerly, distant eight leagues, and steering W. S. W. you will have white and brown Sand, 20, 19, 17, 16 fathom, with small stones of Gra∣vel. But further off towards the Dogger-bank 32, 30, 25, 32, 27, 30 fathom, fine brown and gray Sand. A∣bout two leagues to the southward of Flamborough-head you will have 10 fathom water, small gravel stones and brown Sand. When Hornsey-spire-steeple bears W.S.W. about three leagues, and Flamborough-head N. W. by North, you may anchor in 17 fathom, gravelly ground. Flamborough-head lyeth in the Latitude of 54 deg. 14 min.
In the Latitude of 54 deg. 3 min. to the East of the Meridian of Flamborough-head 5 ⅓ leagues, you will have 25 fathom, gray Sand, with small stones and pieces of shells. The Soundings from 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 fathom, fine gray Sand, sometimes gravel, and sometimes shells.