THE ESTUARY. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



With ceaseless motion comes and goes the tide, 

 Flowing it fills the channel vast and wide ; 

 Then back to sea, with strong majestic sweep 

 It rolls, in ebb yet terrible and deep. 



Crabbe. 



Returning to Dodbrooke Quay, and passing the house, 

 with timber and coal stores, (once the property of the late 

 Joseph Hingston, who was a deservedly respected and 

 valued resident for many years; and afterwards belonging 

 to F. H. Fox & Co., who sold it to Messrs. Beer & Trant) 

 we come to Pindar Lodge, which now stands on the site of 

 the "smart little mansion," where John Wolcot, M.D., was 

 born (an account of whom is given in the fourth chapter). 



Almost, if not quite, the only mile of level road adjacent 

 to the town, is that which runs from Dodbrooke Quay 

 down by the side of the Estuary. This is a very pleasant 

 promenade, especially when the tide is in. 



After passing Pindar Lodge, as well as a pretty cottage 

 which was built in 1816 by Mr. John Lidstone, and 

 Victoria Place, and Glena, pleasant looking modern houses, 

 we reach Boxhill, a substantial mansion, with a verandah 

 in front. Part of it was built on the site of the old 

 Dodbrooke Poor-house ; indeed, until rather recently, a 



