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THE BRITISH ISLES. 



" faults." Will our goneration, fully occupied in wars and armaments, leave tlie 

 honour of once more joining- England to the (continent to the twentieth century? 



Folkestone, under the shelter of a chalky range known as the " hackbone " of 

 Kent, possesses advantages superior to those of Dover as a watering-place, but ranka 

 far behind it as a place of commerce. Its trade with Boulogne is, nevertheless, 

 of considerable importance, and its fine harbour affords excellent accommodation 

 to mail-steamers and smaller craft. Folkestone was the birthplace of Harvey, the 

 discoverer of the circulation of the blood, whose memory has been honoured by the 

 foundation of a scientific institution. Walking along the top of the cliffs which 

 extend to the west of Folkestone, we pass the pretty village of SamUjcde and 



Fi?. 103.— Dover. 

 Scale 1 : 110,000. 



Depth under ô I'athoms. 



5 to 11 Fathoms. 



11 to 16 Fathoms. 

 -_^__ 2 Miles. 



Over 16 Fathoms. 



Shor)ic/{/fe camp, and reach Bythe, one of the Cinque Ports. Hythe signifies 

 " port," but the old town is now separated by a waste of shingles from the sea, and 

 its commerce has passed over to its neighbour, Folkestone. Hythe is the seat of 

 a School of Musketry, and the low coast westward is thickly studded with rifle- 

 butts. The Royal Military Canal extends from Hythe to Rye, in Sussex, and 

 bounds the Romney Marsh, famous for its sheep, on the landward side. The 

 principal town in this tract of rich meadow land is Neiv Romney, one of the Cinque 

 Ports, though now at a distance of more than a mile from the sea. Lydd and 

 Dymchurch are mere villages, interesting on account of their antiquity. There 

 now only remains to be mentioned the ancient municipal borough of Tenierden, in 

 a fertile district on a tributary of the Eother. 



