. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 3 Miles. is indebted for its prosperity ; but there remains a small surplus of energy forcarrying on a not inconsiderable coasting trade. Charles Dickens is the mostillustrious amongst the men born here. Havant, at the head of Langston Harbour, to the east of Portsmouth, is asmall market town; whilst HayUng, on the flat island of the same name,aspires to the honour of being a watering-place, and engages in , an old parliamentary^ borough, close to the Sussex border, is a prettymarket town at the northern foot of the South Downs. T
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 3 Miles. is indebted for its prosperity ; but there remains a small surplus of energy forcarrying on a not inconsiderable coasting trade. Charles Dickens is the mostillustrious amongst the men born here. Havant, at the head of Langston Harbour, to the east of Portsmouth, is asmall market town; whilst HayUng, on the flat island of the same name,aspires to the honour of being a watering-place, and engages in , an old parliamentary^ borough, close to the Sussex border, is a prettymarket town at the northern foot of the South Downs. The north-eastern point of Hampshire lies within the basin of the are Basingsioke, Alton, and Aldershot. The first is the centre of one of. SUSSEX. 141 the finest wheat and bean growing districts in England, which extends northward toSilchester, a village on the boundary of Berkshire. Silchester is interesting onaccount of the remains of a Roman amphitheatre. Alton, on the Upper Wey isfamous for its hops. Aldershot, since the establishment of a permanent militarycamp on the downs in its neighbourhood in 1854, has grown from an inconsider-able village into a populous town. The two military colleges of Sandhurst lie tothe north of the camp, within the county of Berkshire. Ryde, opposite Portsmouth Harbour, is the largest town of the Isle of Wio-htIt is altogether a town of pleasure, surrounded by gardens and villa residences,and the chief landing-place of the crowds of visitors annually attracted by the beau-tiful scenery of the island. Newport, the chief town, almost in the centre of theisland, at the head of the estuary of the Medina, possesses few features of interest;but it adjoins the pretty village of Carkbrooke, comm
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