To sayl from Orfordness to Leystaff through the Stamford.
First, You must steer North, and North by East, and borrow on the shore in six or seven fathom, until you come in the Mid-way between Alborough and Dun∣wich, where you must give the shore more Birth, and come no nearer than five or six fathom; and so you may borrow on the Shore, till you come between Southwold and Covehith; and when Covehith-Church is West, you are then thwart of the South end of the Bernard, * 1.1 it lyeth North-east into the Sea; and to go clear of the North-east end of it, keep Southwold-stee∣ple open of the South end of the Cliff, until you bring Leystaff Wind-mill open to the Northwards of the Town, there may you steer with the Town of Leystaff, keeping the Light-houses in one, to go within the Knock; but to go without the Holm-head, keep the Knock-beacons one in another, (or if you can see it) keep Goulston-steeple open and shut of the Waters-Edge and Beach-end, and so you may go in the best: Also upon the Ebb, if occasion ferves, you may bor∣row into four fathom of the North end of the Bernard or Newcome, (for they point both together) and having Pak••field Church West, you may go in with the shore, or you may go off into 11 or 12 fathom-water as you please: And to go through the Stamford, bring the top of the Terret (on the Clock-house) over the white-House in the midst of the Town.