ROBERT POCOCK. 1 1 1 



next in Cornhill, which was too noisy, and next in 

 Wellclose Square; but lie wished to reside in or 

 near Gravesend : that he liked the country of England 

 better than the people. Mr. Grafter, Mr. Pittard, G. 

 Pocock, and myself walked to Luddesdown, where we 

 heard the iron furnaces in Kent, at Barden, were 

 heated with charcoal alternately laid with iron ore. 

 Went to Birling Hill to take a view of the country, 

 and dined at a small cottage of a wood-reve erected 

 in 1815 by Government for the purpose of taking 

 care of 236 acres of woodland lying in the parishes 

 adjacent. The wood-reve said the magpies often kill 

 and eat the young partridges. St. Paul's said to be 

 seen from Holly Wood. In this day's journey, pass- 

 ing over a stubble-field about nine in the morning, 

 the sun suddenly shone from behind a cloud, when 

 instantly there began a concert of stubble music, which 

 grated the ears with a crackling noise somewhat like 

 a field of stubble burning. 



" Tuesday, 5th. Walked to find and see the old Dane 

 holes in Hangman's Wood, between Chadwell and 

 Stifford, described by Camden, the antiquary, and 

 Dr. Derham. 



" A very loquacious lieutenant in the navy, 

 a native of Barbadoes, says that island is the most 

 healthy of any in the West Indies. Is not hotter 

 than in England ; never has the yellow fever or 

 other disease unless brought there from the other 

 islands ; and is always the receptacle of invalids from 

 them. 



" Wednesday, 6th. An English officer put into 

 Gravesend Gaol for the night's security, having been 

 brought as a prisoner from the continent. Said to be a 



