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EASTERN CHALK HILLS. 997 he chik try, di. Buk= Ha ESTATES. to in-| €S are had (igh| ON THIS HEAD, I have had few op- oe portunities of collecting information.— io PROPERTY is much divided; especially s-in Kent; where the tenure of gavelkind benery, eager aerere:§ hi‘| prevails: while, in Surrey, the YEOMANRY; hill I believe, are few; or nearly extinct. a‘In the FARM BUILDINGS of these | hills, there is little that differences them, COM) f from those of the vale districts, on either Hs, side of them.(See District or Marp- j and STONE,&c.) They are, still, chiefly con- tied, structed of woop: the covering materials many being THATCH, OY PLAIN TILES. Sal On the hills of Surrey, I have observed an hence ingenious method of LAYING PLAIN TILES, [part so as to give vent to the steam of a brew- with| house. Instead of placing them close, in whose the usual manner, a space of two inches was o the left between every two tiles: thus making miles the covering sufficiently open, to let out

the steam; yet close enough,(when the pitch is not too flat, nor the guage too long) to shoot off rain water.

There, too, I have seen a species of HIP TILES, in an eligible form: namely, a tri- angle, with the three corners cut off, and