The Galloper.
The Galloper is a Sand that lies near S. E. by South from the Gabard about ten miles, and is properly so called, by reason of the great length of it, with the strength and crossuess of the Tyde that sets over it, be∣ing very steep on both sides; all which, in foul weather, makes such a great short Sea, that if any Ship come near it, it makes Her, and the People in Her to gal∣lop to get from it. Of all the Sands, none are like to this for narrowness; it is a wonder, that being it consists on the upper part of small shingle or stones, and the Tydes setting so strong and cross over it, together with the Sea that must fall upon it in foul weather, being so great, with the steepness on both sides, and the narrow∣ness atop, that it is not dispersed and carried away: It is supposed, that the most part of this Shoal (some depth under the shingle) is a Rock, the top whereof holds in the shingle: And it is also very like, that it doth alter every Winter in stormy weather; it lyeth North by East, and South by West; in length it is 8 miles and a half, and in breadth 20 or 30 foot; but at the South end it hath a broad head, and flat at top, half a mile broad, but steep too round about it: Close to the South end was a Hole, where we saw the Tyde make a very great whelming and ripling; we thought that the least water had been there, but when we had hove the Lead within it, we had 20 fathom the next Cast; without it we had but 7, 8, 9, and 10 fathom. The North end of it bears from Orford-Church S. E. seven degrees East, 24 miles off. The South end bears from the North-Foreland N. E. five degrees North, 27 miles: Within the body of this Sand we met with a Hole, S.W. and N.E. three miles in length, where we had 20 fathom water. Other Depths that we had betwixt this Sand and the Shipwash, were 14, 16, 17, 18, and 20 fathom, and such like. On the S. E. side of this Sand, two miles off, we had from the Sand off-ward 15, 17, 18, 20, 24, and 26 fathom.
The Tyde sets over it N. E. by East, and S. W. by West, four leagues a Watch; and it floweth South and North, and hath but 14 and 15 foot at low-water; on the top of the Spring, and close to the outward side of the Sand, you will have 14 fathom, and at the inner side ten and eleven fathom.