Margate, or St. John’s, is situated on the North side of the island, and is a member of the town and port of Dover, to which it is subject in all matters of civil jurisdiction. It lies seventy-two miles South East of London. The Harbour is pleasant, but not greatly frequented, for want of a depth of water sufficient for ships of heavy burden; nevertheless, an immense quantity of corn and grain of all kinds is shipped for London. It is difficult to determine at what time Margate Pier was first built; but as, since the inning of the level on the South side of this island, the sea has borne harder on the East and North sides, so that the land on each side the creek was, in process of time, quite washed away by the sea, the inhabitants were obliged to build a Pier, to prevent their town from being overflown.