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ed at the surface of the ground or near the roots, evince 

 the great age of the plants ; but nothing precise is known 

 of their history. Both are trained to an antique wall, which 

 is about 15 feet high, and built partly of Kentish rag- 

 stone, and partly of the nodules of flint which occur in 

 the beds of chalk in this county. One of the plants covers 

 at present about 36 feet of this wall ; and both, taken to- 

 gether, occupy nearly 60 feet. 



The walnut-trees are also evidently of great antiquity ; 

 and they are fast going to decay. They had stood in q 

 small orchard exterior to the walled garden, and this spot 

 has now unluckily become the site of a farm-yard. The 

 roots of the trees are either surrounded with pig-sties and 

 dunghils, or absolutely immersed in offensive mires. 



Dover. 



Aug. 9. — Early this morning we left Canterbury for 

 Dover. The country now became more varied with hill 

 and dale. In many places it was clothed with forest trees; 

 ash, maple (Acer campestre), chesnut, English elm, and 

 different species of willow. Thousands of the finest young 

 stems appear to be annually sacrificed for the making of 

 hop-poles : we saw great collections which had been felled 

 for this purpose. The grain crops were not so forward as 

 in the range of our yesterday^ ride. 



On reaching Dover, we learned that a Post-office packet 

 was to sail in the evening for Ostend ; and we determined to 

 cross the Channel in that direction. We employed the 

 day in viewing the celebrated cliffs and castle of this place, 

 and such gardens as were near at hand. 



Terrace-Garden at Dover Castle. 



One of the most curious gardens is situated immediate- 

 ly below the cliffs on which the Castle is built, and close 



