Noon or| | | |Fifeness |W.N.W. 5 | 23 |Nothing second | | | | |miles | |remarkable part | | | |Isle of |S.W. by | |occurred. | | | |May |W. 6 | | | | | | |miles | | -------+------+--------+------+----------+---------+--------
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Whenever any vessels were seized and condemned a full, descriptive account was sent to London regarding their size, breadth, depth, burthen, age, where built, draught, scantlings, the nature of the wood, how fastened, whether the craft appeared strained, how many guns she carried, what was the probable expense of having her refitted, how long she would last when this had been done, whether she had the reputation for rowing or sailing quickly, and what was her value.  If it was recognised that she was a serviceable vessel she was not to be destroyed but employed in the Preventive service.

Among the names of the Revenue cutters about this time were the Scorpion, Enchantress, Jacobus, and Rattlesnake.  There was a good deal of smuggling now going on in Essex, and the last-mentioned was employed to watch the river Blackwater in that district.  Lieutenant Neame, R.N., was also ordered to proceed to the Blackwater with the lugger Fortune, and arrived there to take charge of the Rattlesnake.  This was in September 1818; and here let us remark that although the Preventive Water-guard originally had charge of the whole coast of England, yet a few months before the above date—­it occurred actually in July 1817—­the staff between the North and South Forelands was withdrawn, and this part of the coast was placed under the charge of the Coast Blockade.  Under the arrangement of 1816, when the cruisers had been put under the care of the Admiralty, the Preventive Waterguard had come under the authority of the Treasury, but now, in 1817, came the change mentioned.  Towards the close of 1818 this Coast Blockade, instead of being confined merely to that coast between the two Forelands, was extended till it reached on the one side Shellness by the mouth of the East Swale, and on the other right away down Channel to Cuckmere Haven (between Newhaven and Beachy Head).