[64] A distorted rumor of the rising of the Covenanters in June, 1679; but everything was now seen in the light of the Popish Plot.
[65] Sandbanks off the southeast coast of England, called by the English the Galloper, the Whiting, and the Goodwin Sands.
[66] Beachy Head.
[67] Of Gibraltar.
[68] Durlston Head.
[69] A small long three-masted trading-ship.
[70] Start Point.
[71] This dangerous reef was called by the Dutch Meeuwsteen (Sea-mews' Rock), by the English Eddystone. Of the lighthouses for which it has been celebrated, the first was begun in 1695.
[72] Dodman Point.
[73] The southernmost point of Cornwall. Falmouth is about midway between it and Dodman Point.