. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . >leasure of this deviation. The town of Deal is large and populous, calledl^ower Deal to distinguish it from the Upper, inwhich parish it stands, having no churcli of itsown; nor any chapel, till a handsome and spaci-. 359 nus one was buill hy subscription, and consecratedby Archbishop Wake in the year 1710. The chief street of Lower Deal stands on thesea shore, and some of the inns there have roomswith a fine view of the shipping, in the Downs ;and, when a fleet is t
. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . >leasure of this deviation. The town of Deal is large and populous, calledl^ower Deal to distinguish it from the Upper, inwhich parish it stands, having no churcli of itsown; nor any chapel, till a handsome and spaci-. 359 nus one was buill hy subscription, and consecratedby Archbishop Wake in the year 1710. The chief street of Lower Deal stands on thesea shore, and some of the inns there have roomswith a fine view of the shipping, in the Downs ;and, when a fleet is there, a very entertainin^!; oneof boats putting off, or coming on shore, at thebeach, under the windows. The castles of Sarulown, a mile nortli from tliatat Deal, and Walmer about as far to the south,were built with several others for the defence ofthe coast by King Henry VIII. This at Dealbeing the largest and best designed, may bestdeserve a short description. The method of fortifying is something particu-lar, all the works being circular, carried up witharches of masonry from the bottom of the ditch;level with which are close quarters surroundingthe whole, and called the rounds, to the numberof fifty two, if I remember; each has a small win-dow, for scouring the ditch, secured by a massivebar of iron, and had (till some alterations w
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