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rochester. 9
tlochester is finely situated, and, connected
\vith Chatham, has the appearance of a metro-
polis : but the principal streets are extremely
tough, and lined with such shops and warehouses
as are suited to the wants os sailors and {hipping.
They are besides of every species of domestic
architecture, and the foot-ways to them are far
from being paths of pleasantness. It is on the
South side of the towns that the admirer of repose
and nature must retire for gratification. There
he will find the cathedral, pleasant houses on the
sides of the hills, and beautiful views of the river,
the bridge, the dock-yard, the men os war, and
many other objects, bounded by the huge and
almost shapeless walls which are the representa-
tives of Rochesrer castle, no longer of use than as
an addition to the landscape.
To leave the beauty of the rituation, for a sub-
ject sar more important, the preser vation and
accommodation of the Navy of England, the
pride, the honour, the palladium, of Great Bri-
tain in the aggregate. Were I to enter into, parti-
culars relating to the pre sen t state os this grand
denosuory, I might possibly commit an uninten-
tional injury ; but the opinions of Sir Arthur
.Gorge, addressed to Henry Prince of Wales,
1emp. James I. have been too long conligned to
temporary forgetfulness to prove prejudicial, and
b 3 not
tlochester is finely situated, and, connected
\vith Chatham, has the appearance of a metro-
polis : but the principal streets are extremely
tough, and lined with such shops and warehouses
as are suited to the wants os sailors and {hipping.
They are besides of every species of domestic
architecture, and the foot-ways to them are far
from being paths of pleasantness. It is on the
South side of the towns that the admirer of repose
and nature must retire for gratification. There
he will find the cathedral, pleasant houses on the
sides of the hills, and beautiful views of the river,
the bridge, the dock-yard, the men os war, and
many other objects, bounded by the huge and
almost shapeless walls which are the representa-
tives of Rochesrer castle, no longer of use than as
an addition to the landscape.
To leave the beauty of the rituation, for a sub-
ject sar more important, the preser vation and
accommodation of the Navy of England, the
pride, the honour, the palladium, of Great Bri-
tain in the aggregate. Were I to enter into, parti-
culars relating to the pre sen t state os this grand
denosuory, I might possibly commit an uninten-
tional injury ; but the opinions of Sir Arthur
.Gorge, addressed to Henry Prince of Wales,
1emp. James I. have been too long conligned to
temporary forgetfulness to prove prejudicial, and
b 3 not