minds the passing traveller, bent on pleasure, not to forget the benefits resulting from the operations of industry. Not long after its erection, it was burned down, in the spring of 1808, owing, it is supposed, to excessive friction, an almost necessary attendant on such large complicated machinery. The fire burst forth, about six in the evening, "sudden as the spark from smitten steel," and in a few hours the whole building, involved in flames, became one unsightly mass of ruins! My worthy friend, the proprietor, bore this most unexpected visitation of Providence with fortitude and composure; numbers kindly flew from every part to his assistance, and sympathised with him on the occasion. Happily no lives were lost; and the structure has been again raised, with increased convenience and beauty.

Just beyond this spot, at the distance of a few yards, the Parish Church lifts its tapering spire, having its interior decorated with "many a holy text," and the structure is encircled by a cemetery, where

Each, in his narrow cell for ever laid,

The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep!

The mill, the church, the bridge, and the transparent stream, seen from the parlour window of my friend, form an interesting picture, and add to the beauty of the scenery!

Close to the church, is a venerable mansionhouse, inhabited by a respectable and industrious

Farmer, G. Pembroke, Esq. It was once of conconsiderable extent, formerly belonging to the Strangford family, now to R. Foot, Esq. Charlton-place. It used to have a large chapel at the top of it, where the Roman Catholic service was performed, with its accustomed solemnities. No remains of it are to be found at the present day. Thus is it that Sic transit Gloria Mundi is verified in the private as well as the public history of mankind.

At the habitation of my friend I met with four engravings taken from TITIAN, which, on account of the nature of their subjects, and the elegance of their execution, attracted my attention. They were entitled the Triumph of Time, the Triumph of Christianity, the Triumph of Fame, and the Triumph of Death! Each was accompanied by an explication. In such paintings the power of the pencil is impressive. Not only were the groups of the figures, but even the separate countenances, replete with expression. The Fine Arts shed a fascinating influence when we perceive them thus consecrated to our improvement.

It was during my visit at Sturry that we one afternoon made an excursion of about six miles to Hearne Bay. This little place (at which vessels are laden with corn, flour, &c. for the metropolis, and other parts of the kingdom) is frequented by those who wish to unite the charms of retirement with the healthful practice of sea-bathing. Taking a boat, we put off from land, so that we just caught

DUNCOMBE, TRANSLATOR OF HORACE.

399 a view of the Reculvers, at the termination of the semicircular cliffs;-a church, formerly of considerable magnificence, and even its two spires (called the Sisters), were long useful to mariners navigating the tempestuous ocean, they are now no more! Upon our return to land, we obtained refreshment, and soon jogged homewards, pleased with our journey. Passing Hearne Church, I thought of its former rector, Duncombe, the translator of Horace, a man of genius and piety. He married the daughter of J. Highmore, Esq. the celebrated painter, who still survives him. He had a talent for poetry, and having, in this excursion, experienced the pleasures arising from social intercourse, some lines which he had written occurred to my mind:

Seek not to draw me from this calm retreat,
In loftier sphere unfit-untaught to move;
Content with plain domestic life, where meet
The sweets of friendship and the smiles of love!

And, indeed, what wise and good man would exchange the pleasures of private life for the turbulence of the world? He must be mistaken, as to the nature of happiness, who imagines that such a choice can be made with advantage. The wants of the body are easily relieved; the desires of a well regulated mind may be easily gratified. The wisdom and goodness of Providence are displayed in the constitution of man; we are formed for temperance-we are designed for the culti

vation of virtue-we are destined by the sober use of our present comforts, which religion enjoins, to the superior blessings of immortality. For these old-fashioned reflections, in favour of domestic happiness, I offer no apology, but subscribe myself, Yours, &c.

FORDWICH; SINGULAR TROUT; 3ARR; ISLE OF THANET; EN. TRANCE OF ARTS, SCIENCE, AND OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, INTO THIS ISLAND; MARGATE; THE HOYS; DANDELION; SEABATHING; THE PIER; SINGULAR SITUATION OF MARGATE; KING'S-GATE; NORTH FORELAND LIGHT-HOUSE; BROADSTAIRS ; GOODWIN SANDS; RAMSGATE; ITS PIER; SANDWICH; DEAL ; DOWNS; TELEGRAPH; WALMER CASTLE; INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR; WALDERSHARE, SEAT OF LORD NORTH; FREDVILLE; BARSON; INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY; RUCKLAND; DOVER.

MY WORTHY YOUNG FRIEND,

BIDDING adieu to Sturry, we leave, on the right, the ancient town of Fordwich, a member of the port and town of Sandwich, enjoying the privileges of a cinque port, and giving the title of Viscount to the family of Cowper. It is incorporated by the name of the mayor, jurats, and commonalty of Fordwich. The trout caught at this place are worthy of notice. Walton, in his Complete Angler, mentions them; a work published so far back as Charles the First. "There is also in Kent (says he), near to Canterbury, a trout, called there a Fordidge trout, a trout that bears the name of the town where it is usually caught, that is accounted the rarest of fish; many of them near the bigness of a salmon, but known by their different colour, and in their best season they cut very white." It is curious to see the opinion of an eminent angler respecting them in those days.