28 ROBERT POCOCK. 



" THE GRAVESEND WATER COMPANION ; 



describing all the Towns, Churches, Villages, Parishes, and 

 Gentlemen's Seats as seen from the Eiver Thames between London 

 Bridge and Gravesend Town, with observations ou whatever is 

 curious or worth remarking in that distance, calculated chiefly for 

 the amusement and entertainment of those who frequent the 

 Gravesend Passage Boats, Margate Hoys, and for all Captains, 

 Passengers, and Mariners. 



' Oft we pass'd them unobserv'd, 

 But now observ'd we do admire.' 



Grave-end : 

 Printed by R. Pocock. 



Sold by Messrs. Robinson, Paternoster Row, 



and all other Booksellers. 



1802." 



This little volume, the precursor of the now familiar 

 "Murray" and of our modern guide-books, is not perhaps 

 very felicitously entitled " Water Companion ;" but a 

 perusal of its pages discloses a very useful and superior 

 publication of the kind, octavo in size, and of thirty-five 

 pages. It is pleasantly descriptive of the places of 

 interest on both sides of the Eiver Thames in an 

 upward journey from Gravesend to Billingsgate, with 

 an. abundance of matter showing careful and extensive 

 topographical research. 



Simultaneously was published by the author a 

 continuation of his descriptive account of the places on 

 the banks of the Thames as far down as Margate, 

 under the title of 



"THE MARGATE WATER COMPANION; 



describing the River Thames from Margate to Gravesend, being a 

 supplement to the Gravesend Water Companion ; both to be had 

 stitched together of any Bookseller in the Kingdom. 

 Price One Shilling." 



