Deal 1. 24th \we went/ [by Dover the same day morning]
On folio 16 of the pocketbook, Lister later noted:
The beech I saw at Deale I tooke not much notice – because of our short stay there; yet I remember it to be much after the fashion of that \other /which lyeth north east Weymouth. Something higher [[fro]] but both of them halfe beaches, that is pebbles only the side next to the sea. whereas the Beach of Portland is a compleat sea banck of Pebles on both sides the width in length.
The Sea \which that makes upon the/ South West bay \breakes/ grows sometimes over in spring tides and vast waves, yet notwith standing it doth \not/ soe much as soak-through: which if it did, it \but is a common event sence/ it were easly discernable since the bay on the other side North East is at such \times/ many fathomes lower than it
The Downs near Deal, Kent, the water between the town and the sands, does provide a naturally sheltered anchorage. The town thus became a significant shipping and military port, with transit of goods and people from ship to shore conducted using smaller tender craft.