Stone, and became thoſe Rocks, which are now ſo dangerous to Shipping. The ſmaller Fragments, they ſay, are Sands, which waving up and down, are at ſome times to be ſeen, and at others, ſhift themſelves far off the Coaſt. They maintain that it was on one of theſe, that the late King William had like to have periſhed, and ſtrengthen this Suggeſtion by the Trial of the Pilot, who muſt infallibly have been hang'd, if on ſtrict Eamination of all the Charts, there had been in any of them the leaſt mention made of any ſuch Sands; but however that be, theſe floating Ruins have ever ſince remained, and from thence are called King William's Sands.
And now, I believe, my Reader will be almoſt as much tired with reading this Deſcription, as I am with writing it; and having nothing more to ſay, that I can flatter myſelf will be either inſtructive or entertaining to him, ſhall take my leave, wiſhing no Gentleman, who has ever known the polite Pleaſures of Liſe, may deſerve ſo ill of Heaven, as to be driven into this Baniſhment through Neceſſity; tho' I think it will not be loſs of Time to
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