fixed on it that the mist was thicker and more held in those high wouls as raine or mist is in thick trees, so y^e mist was much more there than in y^e plaine, so thick in some you Could not see the top. We descended these high wouls by a steep and hazardous precipice on one Side and y^e way narrow. Scarbrough is a very pretty Sea-port town built on the Side of a high hill. The Church Stands in the most Eminent place above all y^e town and at Least 20 Steps you ascend up into y^e Churchyard. The ruines of a Large Castle remaines, the Walls in Compass Severall acres of ground y^t feeds many beasts and milch Cows. Y^e hill on w^{ch} the Castle Stands is very Steep and Severall trenches over one another, round the walls all one Side of the Castle Stands out to the sea shore a good Length. Its open to the Main ocean and to secure the harbour there is a mole or halfe moone, two, one within y^e other something resembling the Cobb at Lime in Sommersetshire. The sea when the tide is in is Close up to the town and the bottom of a Ridge of hills that runns from the town 5 or 6 mile in a Compass. When its Ebb water it Leaves y^e shore 400 yards all a flatt, and such good sand, as you presently walke on it without Sinking, y^e Sand is so smooth and firme, and so you may walke 5 or 6 mile on the Sand round by y^e ffoote of this Ridge of hills, w^{ch} is the poynt by w^{ch} all the Shipps pass that go to NewCastle or that way. I see 70 saile of shipps pass the point and so Come onward at some Distance off from the Castle, Supposed to be Colliers and their Convoys. On this Sand by the Sea shore is y^e Spaw well w^{ch} people frequent, and all the diversion is y^e walking on this sand twice a day at y^e Ebb of the tide and till its high tide and then they drink. Its something from an Iron or Steele minerall but by means of the tide flowing on it Every tyme. Especially spring tydes it Covers y^e well quite—and allwayes flowes up just to it, w^{ch} Leaves a brackish and saltness w^{ch} makes it purge pretty much, but they say y^e Spring is so quick that it soone Casts off y^e Sea water; but in my opinion is y^t the whole spring and all the Springs that Bubble up all over the sands must be agreable and of the sort of water the sea is, being so just on the sea side and so neare must be Influenc’d by y^e salt water. It seems to be a pretty turbulent Sea, I was on it in a little boate but found it very rough even just in y^e harbour, I suppose the Cause may be from standing so open to y^e Maine. The town has abundance of Quakers in it, most of their best Lodgings were In quakers hands, they Entertain all people, soe in Private houses in the town by way of ordinary, so much a Meale and their Ale. Every one finds themselves—there are a few Inns for horses only. I was at a quakers meeteing in the town where 4 men and 2 women spoke one, after another had done, but it seem’d such a Confusion and so inCoherent that it very much moved my Compassion and pitty to see