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quantity where it vras not wanted, the bank seeming to help rather 

 than to hinder it. Tliis gi-adual filling up went on till 1381, when 

 what once had been a large basin of smooth water became only 

 a swampy, marshy, piece of land, of no use to man or boat. 

 In 1805 the Harbour authorities took it in hand, had it properly 

 drained off, and by 1823 the ground was built upon, forming 

 besides Paradise and Round Tower Streets, more imposing ones 

 bearing the names of Hawkesbury and Oxenden, the former being 

 the title of the then Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and the 

 latter the name of a very active member of the Harbour Board 

 in 1791, and onwards. A little alley rejoicing in the name of 

 "Spring Place" marks the spot where a spring of fresh water 

 once entered into Paradise Pent. 



Having spoken of towers no longer visible, I have a few 

 words to say about one which every visitor to Dover sees, either 

 on landing at the Admiralty Pier, or in his walks in that direction. 

 I mean, of course, the Pilots' Tower, adjoining the south-eastern 

 corner of the terminus, and through which the train fi-om Charing 

 Cross now passes. It is looked upon by many of this generation 

 as a picturesque old tower which they imagine has long stood 

 there, but old men in the town will tell you that befoi'e it was 

 built in 1844, the Pilots' "look-out" building was in the group of 

 houses on the eastern portion of the land now occupied by the 

 Lord Warden, and in 1785 Blanchard, the balloonist, went there 

 to see and enquire about the prospect of his proposed voyage 

 across the channel ; also, that on the land " Above Wall " (we call 

 it Adrian Street) the pilots had been given a piece of ground, 

 where they were in the habit of keeping a look-out for vessels. 

 The name " Above "Wall " appears in old Vestry books as far back 

 as the year 1639. The houses, once the residence of gentry, were 

 built on ground just above a wall which had been constructed to 

 strengthen the face of the cliff, and they were also above the 

 Town AYall, which adjoined Adrian Gate, so that there were two 

 reasons for the somewhat peculiar name. The land above and 

 beyond this, which is now the St. Mary's old cemetery, and still 

 higher the fortifications and earthworks, known as the "Western 

 Heights, was in the older days a common, and it was here that the 

 pilots had their piece of ground, and a little shelter, till the tower 

 at the pier end of the town was arranged. Prom this exalted 

 position on the cliff they had an extensive view of the channel, 

 which they scanned with the aid of good glasses provided for the 

 purpose. Though this plot of ground is no longer used by the 

 pilots, old people still talk of it as " the pilots' field," and 

 remember the flight of steps which led from it down into Snargate 

 Street near Mr. Court's Wine Vaults. When Charles Dickens 

 stayed in Dover, this field was his favorite haunt. He would lie 

 on his back, basking in the sun, and think out the details of his 



