Note 3009 — THE PLACE OF CAESAR’S LANDING IN BRITAIN

Archaeologia, xxxiv, 1852, p. 239.—‘At full and change of the moon,’ says Admiral Beechey, ‘close in shore off Hastings the stream turns to the west at 11h; but the turn becomes later as the distance off shore increases, and at 5 miles distance the stream turns to the west at 1h.... The stream runs to the west about 6½ hours,’ &c.