THE ROAD TO FRESHWATER-GATE.
From Chale to the celebrated Cliff's of Freshwater is about twelve miles; the first eight of which are through an agricultural district, presenting only so many agreeable pictures of rural life,—and of these the principal are Shorwell, Northcourt, and Brixton.
"A simple scene! yet hence Brittannia sees
Her solid grandeur rise."
The fact is, the greater part of the soil is so extremely fertile, as to be employed in tillage and meadow, almost to the exclusion of woods and coppice, which constitute the chief ornaments of a landscape. We have, however, nearly the whole of the journey such a charming view of the ocean, as to compensate for the deficiency of sylvan beauties.
After passing a small church called Kingston, posted on a knoll, and surrounded by a few trees which bespeak their bleak exposure, we reach ...