6 AGRICULTURAL SURVELY

produce is the immenſe quantity of hop-poles cut out for the neighbouring plantations,

All that part of Eaſt Kent which lies within the Vicl- nity of the towns of Faverſham, Sandwich, and Deal, 18 moſtly arable, extremely fertile, and under the molt excel- lent ſyſtem of management; which will be deſcribed in its proper place,

The Iſle of Shepey is ſeparated from the refit of the county by an arm of the ſea, called the Swale, navigable for ſhips of 200 tons burthen. It is ſaid to have derived its name from the number of ſheep that were continually feeding on it. It 1s about eleven miles in length, and eight in its greateſt breadth, and contains the pariſhes of

1, Minfſer, with the ville of Sheerneſs;

2, Queenborough, which ſends two members to parliament;

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5. Leyſdown;

6. Elmley, and its Iſle;

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« The land of this iſland riſes from the ſhores of the é rivers, on the ſouth-eaſt and weſt bounds of it, towards € its center; but on the north fide, it ſeems, by the height < of its cliffs, to have once extended much farther. The cé cliffs are in length about fix miles, and gradually de- «e Cline at cach end; the more elevated parts continuing « about two-thirds as far as they extend; and they are «“ at the very higheſt of them about Minſter, not leſs « than ninety feet in perpendicular height above the « beach or ſhore;- and, conſiſting of clay and being & waſhed at their baſis by the tides which beat againſt « them, more eſpecially when driven by ftrong north- é caft winds, they are continually waſhing and falling

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