[450] The Dogger Bank is a great shoal in the North Sea, lying between northern England and Denmark.
[452] The Well Bank lies south of the Dogger Bank, and off the mouth of the Humber.
[453] The Leman Bank lies some forty miles northeast of Yarmouth, and south of the Well Bank; the White Water, next mentioned, lies east of the latter, toward the Frisian coast.
[454] Southwold, on the Suffolk coast.
[455] Dunwich, now mostly under the waters of the North Sea, was once an important place, and one of considerable antiquity. The bishopric of the East Saxons was established there in A.D. 630; indeed, the town dates from Roman times (Sitomagus).
[456] Still on the Suffolk coast. The King's Channel, mentioned below, was the chief entrance into the estuary of the Thames from the northeast.
[457] Just east of the Tower of London, where now are the St. Katharine Docks.
[458] Meaning the part newly built since the Great Fire of 1666.
[459] Charles II.