THE

SOUTHERN COUNTIES

OF

ENGLAND.

Tue PART of the island, to which I assign this name, is included between the Thames and the English Channel, and be- tween the West of England and the Bri- tish Sea; comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, and part of Wiltshire.

It is distinguished by its CHALKY HEIGHTS, of which no inconsiderable part of it is formed. It contains, however, a variety of soils, and breaks into some well defined NATURAL DisTRicTs, which will require to be separately described; and contains some AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS, that are entitled to minute examination.

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