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THE DOVER ROAD 



impenetrable forests that once surrounded Canterbury, 

 leaving only Barham Downs and their neighbouring 

 chalk hills bare and islanded amid a sea of greenery. 



Barham Downs commence immediately beyond 

 Bridge. They have been the scene of many remarkable 

 gatherings, from the time of Julius Caesar to the waning 

 years of the last century, when the Downs were alive 

 with soldiers camping here in readiness for that 

 inglorious Armada that never left port — Napoleon's 

 flotilla of Boulogne. 



To go back to the year 55 B.C., when Caesar first 

 landed at Deal, may seem to the readers of evening 



