Martin Lister, 2-10 September 1663

7ber 1  2. put out  thence Saturday 5 . put out \from Portland/2.  a second time Tuesday 10 8 and returned there Tuesday 8 and returne with great hazard of our lives

On folio 16 of the pocketbook, Lister later wrote:

I observe that upon thee Beech at Portland the sho noble stones were the largest upon the surface therof that towards the top of the Beech they were much larger, than those that were at the foot thereof.

That they became smooth and round, from the continuall washing it gives upon them likewise that there suddaine fall and rushing downe one upon the other (whence \partly/ heard too the horrible noise) addeth much thereto

Lister was describing Chesil Beach.

  1. September.
  2. Isle of Portland
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