304 DISTRICT.

is perfectly ridiculous; and, on public roads, may well be deemed a nuisance.

TOWNSHIPS. Where the hill lands form a single ridge, as in many parts of Kent, they are chiefly divided, between the lines of parishes, which run on either side of them. But, in the more habitable parts, as in the Banstead quarter of Surrey, the hills, or chalk lands, are themselves laid out into townships: a mode of distribution which reaches into the western parts of the Kent hills. Also, towards the eastern extremity, where the chalk lands are broad, and the surface somewhat broken, a similar distri- bution prevails.

STATE OF INCLOSURE. In this re- spect, the eastern differs, much, from the other Divisions. The greater part of the hills, under view, are INcLosED. There is nevertheless, much oPpEN pOwn: especi- ally on the sides, and lower parts of the hills; where the soil is of a loamy, chalky nature; what may be properly called the true chalk-down soil: and this, it may be said, is everywhere kept in an open state! while the parts, which are covered with strong clayey soil, are chiefly inclosed:— not only on these hills, but in the north of Hampshire, in the Western Division.

Remark. How is this prevailing dis- tinction, with respect to the present state of inclosure, on soils of different descriptions,