. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . make itdangerous till the sea has cleared away some ofthe rubbish. The cliff begins to sliow itself a little to thesouthward of Walmer castle, and soon rises to atremendous height; where the traveller canhardly help observing almost over his head manyhuge masses of the rock, so far parted from themain land as to threaten frequent and speedydownfalls like those which I have been describing. If such sights and apprehensions make this waydisagreeable, he w ill have an oppor
. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . make itdangerous till the sea has cleared away some ofthe rubbish. The cliff begins to sliow itself a little to thesouthward of Walmer castle, and soon rises to atremendous height; where the traveller canhardly help observing almost over his head manyhuge masses of the rock, so far parted from themain land as to threaten frequent and speedydownfalls like those which I have been describing. If such sights and apprehensions make this waydisagreeable, he w ill have an opportunity of leav-ing it at St. Margarets Bay, where a Customhouse officer is stationed with his boats crew tolook after the smugglers. Here are also a fewmore small houses, one a public one; the place isoften visited on account of its romantic situation,and is of some note for the goodness of its lob-sters, and for a very fine spring of fresh water,overflowed by the sea at every tide. From this bay a long and steep road cut byhand will bring us to the top of the hill near theuppermost of the two light houses at the South. 361 Foreland, and so to the otlier more common, aswell as much shorter way from J)eal, which townI should be for leaving time enough to have atleast four hours of day light before us; then, ifthe weather favours as we come to the heightsabout Dover castle, we shall have a fair prospectof the French coast to a great length; and thechalky cliffs between Calais and Boulogne makea beautiful part of it, when the sun shines brightupon them from the westward. When we come pretty near Dover castle weenter a short hollow way cut through a bank ofchalk, where I always advise those, who travel incarriages, to get out of them and walk before thehorses: for presently after we are in this cut wehave a change of scene almost as sudden andmore surprising than any at the theatres; andfind ourselves (after having travelled some milesin a bleak and naked country) on tlie brink of
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