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         Colepepyr, Robert.
      
       
         
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             A new method of Robert Colepepyr, Gent., for speedy and effectual preservation of the navigation on the River Thames and to repair the water-breach in to Havering and Dagenham levels in Essex ...
             Colepepyr, Robert.
          
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           A
           New
           Method
           of
           
             ROBERT
             COLEPEPYR
             ,
          
           Gent.
           For
           speedy
           and
           effectual
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Navigation
           on
           the
           River
           
             THAMES
             ;
          
           and
           to
           Repair
           the
           WATER-BREACH
           in
           to
           
             Havering
          
           and
           
             Dagenham
          
           Levels
           ,
           in
           
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Proponent
           having
           many
           Years
           spent
           Thoughts
           on
           the
           Tendancies
           of
           Tides
           ,
           Ebbs
           ,
           and
           Sands
           ,
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Navigation
           :
           Humbly
           proposes
           (
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           
             BRITISH
             HOUSE
             of
             COMMONS
          
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           that
           some
           New
           Cutts
           be
           made
           in
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Bank
           ,
           as
           the
           cheapest
           and
           speedyest
           Way
           to
           perform
           the
           Works
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           if
           approved
           of
           as
           the
           best
           Method
           ,
           he
           hopes
           to
           be
           enabled
           by
           Your
           Authority
           ,
           to
           proceed
           on
           the
           same
           ,
           notwithstanding
           any
           Statute
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Damages
           to
           the
           said
           Navigation
           ,
           Your
           Proponent
           apprehends
           are
           these
           following
           ,
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           The
           Water
           received
           by
           the
           Inundation
           or
           Bason
           ,
           is
           thereby
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           upper
           Part
           of
           the
           same
           River
           ;
           this
           makes
           some
           abatement
           in
           Water-depth
           there
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           inconsiderable
           ;
           since
           taken
           from
           so
           many
           Miles
           of
           Length
           ,
           and
           the
           Breadth
           of
           Water
           that
           flows
           above
           the
           Bason
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           That
           Sand
           from
           the
           Bason
           damnifies
           Navigation
           ,
           by
           subsiding
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           near
           the
           Breach
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           
             Thames
          
           first
           entered
           this
           Bason
           by
           Failure
           of
           a
           Sluice
           ,
           and
           in
           time
           ,
           enlarged
           that
           Passage
           to
           100
           Yards
           broad
           ;
           and
           also
           to
           the
           
             Thames
          
           depth
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           where
           the
           Bason's
           Water
           falls
           into
           that
           River
           .
           )
           But
           as
           it
           was
           impossible
           the
           Tides
           could
           ever
           make
           high
           Water
           in
           the
           Bason
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           so
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           they
           could
           not
           do
           it
           till
           long
           after
           that
           Time
           ;
           before
           the
           Breach
           was
           much
           widened
           ,
           because
           the
           Bason
           was
           always
           the
           same
           to
           receive
           Tides
           ;
           but
           soon
           after
           the
           Innundation
           ,
           the
           Breach
           gave
           far
           less
           Passage
           into
           the
           Bason
           than
           afterwards
           the
           Water
           made
           ;
           therefore
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           that
           soon
           after
           the
           Inundation
           ,
           the
           Water
           remained
           flowing
           into
           the
           Bason
           ,
           a
           good
           part
           of
           the
           time
           the
           
             Thames
          
           was
           Ebbing
           ;
           before
           those
           Waters
           could
           come
           to
           a
           Par
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           
             Thames
          
           must
           be
           the
           lower
           ,
           before
           any
           Water
           could
           ebb
           out
           of
           the
           Bason
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Reasons
           above
           ,
           a
           great
           quantity
           of
           Water
           must
           remain
           in
           the
           Bason
           ,
           after
           the
           next
           Tide
           began
           to
           flow
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             :
          
           Yet
           this
           quantity
           did
           abate
           as
           the
           Breach
           grew
           wider
           ,
           however
           may
           not
           all
           be
           abated
           ;
           therefore
           the
           Time
           that
           remaining
           Water
           ebbs
           out
           of
           the
           Bason
           ,
           and
           meets
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           next
           Tide
           ;
           those
           Waters
           stop
           ,
           and
           swell
           up
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           drop
           Sullage
           ,
           till
           the
           Tide
           prevails
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           a
           new
           Motion
           .
           For
           whatever
           doth
           cause
           Loss
           of
           Motion
           in
           Water
           ,
           gives
           it
           a
           Tendency
           to
           drop
           Sullage
           ;
           and
           the
           Sand
           of
           this
           Sullage
           will
           subside
           where
           it
           drops
           ,
           and
           will
           encrease
           till
           want
           of
           Room
           for
           Tides
           and
           Ebbs
           ,
           will
           suffer
           it
           to
           rise
           no
           higher
           .
           For
           Storms
           there
           can
           disperse
           little
           ,
           if
           any
           Sand
           ,
           though
           very
           useful
           at
           the
           Mouths
           of
           our
           Rivers
           ,
           where
           Winds
           have
           more
           Power
           .
           Yet
           to
           provide
           against
           this
           
           Second
           ,
           and
           much
           greater
           Damage
           to
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Navigation
           ;
           the
           Proponent
           prays
           leave
           to
           observe
           as
           follows
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
        
         
           Four
           Miles
           of
           Bank
           were
           maintained
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           
             Thames
          
           from
           drowning
           the
           same
           Levell
           ,
           therefore
           while
           not
           Imbanked
           ,
           the
           flowing
           Water
           had
           four
           Miles
           to
           enter
           this
           Levell
           ;
           whereon
           it
           rose
           in
           heighth
           slowly
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Water
           did
           ,
           and
           so
           abated
           at
           Ebb
           ;
           therefore
           it
           must
           then
           be
           high
           Water
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           and
           on
           that
           then
           un-imbanked
           Land
           ;
           and
           all
           Water
           would
           go
           off
           from
           the
           latter
           ,
           long
           before
           Low-Ebb
           :
           Therefore
           no
           Sand
           could
           then
           drop
           through
           long
           Contests
           between
           Tides
           and
           Ebbs
           ,
           when
           no
           Contest
           was
           .
           When
           at
           Ebb
           ,
           the
           Water
           was
           a
           Foot
           deep
           on
           the
           un-imbanked
           Marsh
           ,
           that
           small
           quantity
           of
           Water
           was
           as
           long
           in
           Ebbing
           off
           through
           its
           four
           Miles
           Passage
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Thames
          
           was
           in
           abating
           a
           Foot
           in
           heighth
           ;
           therefore
           the
           little
           Speed
           the
           Water
           made
           to
           drown
           and
           drain
           the
           Land
           last
           mentioned
           ,
           bore
           a
           very
           small
           Proportion
           ,
           with
           the
           Running
           of
           Tides
           and
           Ebbs
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ;
          
           but
           if
           a
           Bank
           had
           been
           made
           gradually
           on
           that
           four
           Miles
           Passage
           ,
           it
           would
           as
           gradually
           have
           given
           more
           Motion
           to
           the
           Water
           that
           flowed
           on
           ,
           and
           ebbed
           off
           from
           that
           Land
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           the
           same
           Swiftness
           of
           running
           they
           had
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ;
          
           and
           since
           Low-VVater
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           the
           Deep
           VVater-frett
           of
           the
           Bason
           and
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           is
           necessary
           to
           prevent
           Subsidence
           of
           Sand
           in
           the
           latter
           ;
           therefore
           your
           Proponent
           would
           now
           make
           four
           new
           Cutts
           in
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Bank
           for
           that
           benefit
           ,
           and
           each
           of
           them
           as
           wide
           as
           the
           Breach
           ,
           though
           only
           cut
           down
           as
           low
           as
           Marsh
           Surface
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           same
           Cutts
           ,
           and
           the
           Breach
           ,
           give
           as
           much
           room
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           Bason's
           Water
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Channel
           gives
           to
           the
           Water
           that
           flows
           above
           the
           Bason
           ,
           then
           we
           must
           have
           high
           and
           low
           .
           Water
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           and
           deep
           Water
           frett
           of
           the
           Bason
           at
           the
           same
           times
           ;
           and
           little
           ,
           if
           any
           part
           of
           an
           Ebb
           will
           be
           lest
           in
           the
           Bason
           to
           meet
           the
           next
           Tide
           .
           So
           this
           Cutting
           of
           Banks
           is
           an
           effectual
           Way
           to
           obviate
           such
           subsiding
           of
           Sand
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           for
           it
           takes
           away
           the
           Cause
           thereof
           .
           The
           Proponent
           would
           not
           cutt
           so
           much
           Bank
           if
           less
           will
           serve
           .
           However
           ,
           these
           or
           wider
           Cutts
           he
           hopes
           appear
           able
           to
           answer
           his
           End
           aforesaid
           ,
           in
           few
           Days
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Navigation
           ,
           and
           also
           abate
           Rapture
           in
           the
           main
           Water-frett
           ,
           that
           Materials
           for
           Reparation
           may
           be
           kept
           there
           ,
           and
           Benefits
           obtainable
           by
           cutting
           of
           Banks
           ,
           are
           without
           Risque
           of
           Failure
           ,
           since
           Water
           builds
           no
           Banks
           .
        
         
           The
           Proponent
           would
           raise
           Stops
           of
           small
           Wood
           in
           the
           new
           Cutts
           a
           Foot
           high
           ;
           and
           when
           Tides
           rise
           to
           the
           Marsh
           Surface
           ,
           the
           Water
           will
           run
           in
           through
           these
           Stops
           ,
           and
           when
           risen
           a
           Foot
           higher
           ,
           it
           will
           flow
           freely
           in
           over
           the
           same
           Stops
           ,
           till
           high
           Water
           ,
           and
           much
           help
           the
           Breach
           to
           fill
           the
           Bason
           He
           can
           also
           make
           a
           strong
           Wood
           Pile
           ,
           and
           place
           the
           same
           about
           40
           Rods
           within
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           Breach
           ,
           to
           stand
           in
           all
           the
           deep
           Water
           there
           ;
           and
           the
           shallower
           Water
           ,
           between
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           and
           Shoars
           ,
           he
           can
           fill
           with
           sinking
           Faggots
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           shall
           be
           broad
           .
        
         
           Over
           the
           said
           Wood
           Pile
           and
           Faggots
           ,
           the
           Water
           shall
           flow
           several
           Foot
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           every
           Tide
           .
           And
           when
           it
           is
           Ebbed
           down
           to
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           ,
           the
           Water
           to
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           ward
           will
           have
           nothing
           in
           it's
           Way
           ,
           so
           will
           run
           as
           fast
           as
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Ebbs
           ;
           but
           the
           Water
           to
           Landwards
           of
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           will
           have
           the
           same
           to
           get
           through
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           Water
           hath
           a
           Thousand
           Millions
           of
           small
           Passages
           out
           ,
           through
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           ,
           and
           other
           Stops
           ,
           yet
           those
           Stops
           will
           make
           Sullage
           subside
           within
           them
           every
           Tide
           ;
           for
           all
           Sullage
           that
           sinks
           
           below
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Stops
           ,
           must
           go
           down
           to
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           subside
           there
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Water
           strength
           ,
           to
           drive
           it
           through
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Stops
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           Sullage
           will
           in
           reasonable
           Time
           ,
           fill
           all
           Water-fretts
           ,
           and
           raise
           the
           same
           fit
           for
           Imbankment
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           done
           elsewhere
           by
           this
           Proponent's
           means
           ;
           and
           where
           all
           the
           difficult
           Parts
           of
           that
           Work
           were
           avoided
           :
           The
           said
           Precedent
           was
           about
           200
           Acres
           ,
           being
           the
           deepest
           part
           of
           a
           Water-frett
           ,
           had
           been
           made
           by
           a
           Bason
           of
           3000
           Acres
           ,
           and
           was
           given
           for
           Lost
           by
           those
           who
           regained
           the
           rest
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           Fighting
           against
           the
           Tendency
           of
           Tides
           and
           Ebbs.
           
        
         
           No
           cutting
           of
           Banks
           was
           wanted
           for
           the
           Work
           above
           ,
           for
           the
           Breach
           remained
           500
           Yards
           wide
           ,
           with
           the
           Bason
           but
           200
           Acres
           ;
           but
           if
           a
           Wood
           Pile
           be
           set
           in
           
             Dagenham
          
           Water-fret
           ,
           without
           Cutts
           ,
           the
           Water
           will
           fret
           Soyl
           from
           bottom
           and
           sides
           of
           the
           Water-frett
           ,
           where
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           shall
           stand
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           the
           room
           it
           stands
           in
           ,
           because
           that
           Bason
           is
           2000
           Acres
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           and
           but
           100
           Yards
           wide
           .
        
         
           The
           Cutts
           are
           also
           extreamly
           serviceable
           for
           Repair
           of
           the
           Breach
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           last
           Quarter
           of
           a
           Tide
           ,
           the
           Water
           may
           rise
           as
           high
           within
           the
           Bason
           ,
           against
           the
           back
           part
           of
           the
           Work
           ,
           as
           it
           shall
           rise
           against
           the
           Front
           thereof
           ,
           by
           entering
           at
           the
           Breach
           .
           And
           after
           these
           two
           Parts
           of
           a
           Tide
           come
           to
           a
           Par
           ,
           by
           rising
           within
           and
           without
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           in
           the
           Water-fret
           ,
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           has
           no
           Water-weight
           against
           it
           ,
           during
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Tide
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           a
           Tide
           (
           as
           highest
           )
           that
           presses
           hardest
           against
           Works
           that
           contend
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Ebbs
           far
           exceed
           Tides
           ,
           in
           being
           Destructive
           to
           Works
           that
           fight
           against
           them
           ;
           however
           their
           Waters
           on
           each
           side
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           ebb
           together
           ,
           and
           keep
           to
           a
           Parr
           ,
           so
           as
           one
           Ounce
           of
           Water-weight
           lies
           not
           against
           the
           Wood
           Pile
           all
           the
           Ebb
           ,
           and
           thus
           the
           Works
           in
           
             Dagenham
          
           become
           less
           liable
           to
           Risque
           ,
           than
           the
           Precedent
           ,
           or
           Work
           before-mentioned
           ;
           for
           Preservation
           whereof
           ,
           no
           Cutts
           were
           made
           ;
           but
           any
           great
           Water
           Passages
           may
           be
           left
           in
           this
           Wood
           Pile
           ,
           or
           between
           the
           same
           and
           the
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           they
           cannot
           wear
           wider
           ,
           while
           the
           Water
           is
           on
           a
           Par
           on
           both
           Sides
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           Till
           
             Dagenham
          
           Breach
           is
           well
           repaired
           ,
           the
           VVorks
           there
           shall
           lie
           under
           the
           said
           Guard
           and
           Protection
           of
           Tides
           and
           Ebbs
           ,
           for
           Wood-stops
           in
           the
           Cutts
           shall
           be
           raised
           a
           little
           slower
           than
           that
           in
           the
           Breach
           ,
           and
           the
           making
           of
           new
           Banks
           in
           the
           Cutts
           ,
           on
           a
           good
           Foundation
           ,
           shall
           be
           the
           last
           work
           for
           Draining
           the
           same
           Levels
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           your
           Proponent
           is
           unwilling
           good
           Inventions
           should
           die
           as
           idle
           Projects
           ,
           and
           hopes
           he
           has
           explained
           his
           Methods
           for
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Navigation
           ,
           and
           Repair
           of
           the
           Breach
           aforesaid
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           may
           shew
           him
           able
           to
           perform
           both
           ,
           and
           much
           Cheaper
           than
           in
           the
           old
           Way
           of
           fighting
           against
           VVater
           Powers
           .
           If
           this
           Method
           succeed
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           
             Essex
          
           as
           elsewhere
           ,
           the
           same
           will
           be
           an
           Established
           Way
           for
           all
           great
           Water-Breaches
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           many
           Work-Men
           will
           be
           made
           able
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           whence
           no
           more
           Families
           will
           be
           ruined
           by
           Water-Breaches
           :
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Security
           to
           all
           Marsh-Land
           hereby
           ,
           will
           considerably
           raise
           their
           Value
           ;
           and
           the
           less
           Money
           shall
           be
           spent
           on
           Repair
           of
           your
           VVater-Breach
           ,
           the
           more
           Serviceable
           will
           this
           New
           Method
           be
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           The
           Cutts
           do
           appear
           as
           necessary
           to
           do
           the
           said
           Services
           without
           any
           excessive
           Charge
           ,
           as
           the
           Loss
           of
           a
           Leg
           to
           save
           a
           Life
           ,
           which
           Operation
           is
           often
           ventur'd
           by
           those
           who
           only
           hope
           to
           survive
           it
           on
           a
           Wooden
           Leg
           ,
           but
           here
           shall
           be
           good
           Banks
           again
           ,
           when
           the
           Cutts
           have
           done
           their
           Service
           .
        
         
         
           Some
           Objections
           will
           be
           made
           against
           the
           Cutts
           ,
           which
           are
           proposed
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           and
           answered
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             Objection
          
           I.
           That
           the
           new
           Cuts
           will
           become
           as
           deep
           as
           the
           Breach
           .
        
         
           For
           Answer
           ,
           the
           Proponent
           says
           ,
           That
           the
           Breach
           did
           gain
           neither
           Depth
           nor
           Breadth
           ,
           for
           some
           Years
           before
           the
           last
           Stop
           failed
           ,
           because
           it
           had
           gained
           Passage
           enough
           ,
           to
           fill
           and
           empty
           the
           Bason
           ,
           by
           the
           moderate
           running
           Marsh-Channels
           will
           bear
           ,
           without
           enlargement
           .
        
         
           For
           a
           further
           Precedent
           ,
           when
           
             West
             Thorack
          
           Level
           was
           under
           Inundation
           ,
           the
           Westerly
           Winds
           that
           cause
           the
           highest
           Tides
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           did
           destroy
           and
           carry
           off
           several
           Parts
           of
           the
           Easterly
           Bank
           of
           the
           Level
           last
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           made
           those
           new
           Breaches
           little
           ,
           if
           any
           lower
           than
           that
           Marsh
           Surface
           ;
           because
           all
           the
           Breaches
           there
           abated
           the
           Water's
           Restraint
           and
           Tendency
           to
           carry
           out
           more
           Earth
           for
           a
           wider
           Passage
           .
           This
           Precedent
           is
           on
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           but
           few
           Miles
           lower
           than
           
             Dagenham
             ,
          
           and
           well
           in
           Memory
           .
        
         
           In
           each
           new
           Cutt
           may
           be
           two
           Rows
           of
           Boards
           driven
           into
           the
           Ground
           edge-way
           ,
           till
           only
           the
           upper
           edge
           appears
           ,
           and
           these
           Rows
           to
           stand
           8
           Foot
           asunder
           ;
           the
           Water
           will
           run
           over
           the
           edges
           of
           these
           Boards
           without
           fretting
           them
           lower
           ;
           nor
           can
           it
           in
           running
           8
           Foot
           frett
           a
           Boards
           breadth
           into
           the
           Ground
           ,
           because
           there
           it
           must
           mount
           again
           ,
           to
           pass
           over
           the
           second
           Row
           of
           Boards
           .
           These
           Boards
           may
           ease
           doubtful
           Minds
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           they
           seem
           needless
           .
        
         
           A
           further
           Objection
           against
           Cutts
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Water
           entering
           only
           at
           the
           Breach
           ,
           did
           ,
           at
           ,
           and
           since
           the
           first
           Inundation
           ,
           break
           a
           Bank
           three
           Times
           ,
           and
           drown
           a
           large
           adjoining
           Level
           ,
           because
           Soil
           fit
           for
           Banks
           is
           wanting
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           Breach
           with
           Cutts
           may
           raise
           Tides
           a
           little
           higher
           against
           that
           feeble
           Bank
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             Answer
             ,
          
           The
           Bason
           has
           four
           Mile
           of
           Bank
           against
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           whose
           Repair
           has
           been
           much
           neglected
           since
           the
           Inundation
           ,
           and
           the
           Westerly
           Winds
           blow
           the
           highest
           Tides
           from
           the
           feeble
           Bank
           ,
           full
           against
           the
           Easterly
           Bank
           of
           the
           Bason
           :
           however
           no
           new
           Breach
           is
           yet
           made
           quite
           through
           any
           part
           of
           that
           Easterly
           Bank
           ;
           and
           the
           Feeble
           Bank
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           Heighth
           and
           Strength
           of
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Bank
           ,
           since
           Tides
           flow
           as
           high
           against
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           Cutts
           may
           make
           high
           Water
           in
           the
           Bason
           ,
           just
           when
           it
           is
           so
           in
           the
           
             Thames
             ,
          
           and
           damage
           no
           Man
           thereby
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           want
           of
           good
           Soile
           for
           the
           feeble
           Bank
           ;
           the
           Earth
           ,
           or
           rather
           Mudd
           used
           for
           it
           ,
           is
           much
           soaked
           every
           Tide
           ,
           the
           same
           being
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Bason
           :
           So
           the
           said
           Bank
           when
           new
           repaired
           ,
           is
           at
           least
           one
           third
           Part
           of
           it
           Water
           ,
           as
           the
           Proponent
           apprehends
           :
           For
           Water
           swells
           the
           Particles
           of
           Earth
           according
           to
           the
           Quantity
           of
           Water
           that
           is
           in
           them
           .
           And
           as
           such
           a
           Bank
           dries
           ,
           the
           Water
           is
           Exhaled
           by
           Sun
           and
           Wind
           ;
           and
           the
           Parts
           of
           Earth
           shrink
           one
           from
           the
           other
           in
           drying
           ,
           till
           the
           Bank
           cleaves
           and
           parts
           ,
           or
           cones
           in
           many
           places
           ,
           and
           receives
           as
           much
           Air
           ,
           as
           it
           formerly
           contained
           Water
           .
           A
           few
           Months
           after
           the
           last
           Repair
           of
           this
           Bank
           ,
           the
           Proponent
           was
           thereon
           ,
           and
           sound
           very
           many
           Cones
           in
           it
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           Cones
           lying
           cross
           the
           Bank
           and
           Deep
           :
           And
           when
           a
           Tide
           rises
           high
           enough
           to
           enter
           through
           these
           Cones
           ,
           a
           Breach
           is
           soon
           made
           in
           such
           Bank.
           And
           beyond
           
             Michaelmas
          
           Winds
           the
           same
           Bank
           will
           hardly
           stand
           ,
           if
           not
           better
           repaired
           than
           Mudd
           will
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           Near
           the
           new
           Cutts
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           better
           to
           repair
           the
           same
           ,
           )
           the
           Proponent
           intends
           to
           lay
           some
           of
           the
           Earth
           which
           comes
           out
           of
           the
           Old
           Banks
           and
           Forelands
           in
           high
           Heaps
           ,
           that
           the
           Sun
           and
           Wind
           may
           make
           it
           as
           dry
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           well
           Rammed
           ,
           as
           the
           upper
           two
           Foot
           of
           an
           Old
           Bank
           is
           .
           And
           the
           same
           way
           ought
           to
           be
           taken
           to
           Secure
           the
           Level
           now
           in
           danger
           ;
           either
           by
           its
           Owners
           ,
           or
           the
           Government
           ,
           otherwise
           that
           Land
           will
           probably
           be
           added
           to
           the
           Inundation
           .
           
             Note
             ,
          
           the
           Work
           last
           mentioned
           will
           answer
           the
           Objection
           against
           Bank-cutting
           last
           made
           ;
           
             viz.
          
           That
           there
           is
           no
           Earth
           fit
           to
           repair
           the
           same
           Cutts
           .
           Therefore
           when
           the
           said
           feeble
           Bank
           is
           well
           repaired
           ,
           and
           Cutts
           in
           the
           
             Thames
          
           Bank
           made
           lawful
           as
           aforesaid
           ;
           then
           this
           Proponent
           hopes
           Water
           may
           faster
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           greater
           quantity
           be
           let
           into
           the
           Bason
           ,
           without
           Danger
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           any
           Person
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

