HOYS.
Several Sloops or Hoys trade between London and Hastings to carry goods when in the river, they lie at Griffin's Wharf, Tooley street, a list of which is here inserted under the head of coasting vessels.
BATHING MACHINES.
The Bathing Machines (of which there are fifteen or sixteen very good ones) stand to the westward of the town, close to the Parade, on which is a small box, called the Bathing Room, for the use of company, while waiting for the Machines. No watering-place can excel Hastings in the convenience of bathing - few can equal it. At low water there is a fine level sand runs out a great distance ; and the shore is of such a gentle gradual ascent, that you bathe with the greatest ease and safety, either at high or low water. The sea here is at all times free from weeds or dirt, which is so common at many other parts of the coast ; and the water perfectly clear and pure.
