slopes forming innumerable vallies; each with its separate and distinct features of landscape and rural objects and scenery. These are still further heightened on a nearer approach to, and view of the town itself, where the romantic hills on its sides, its ruined castle and the beach; its venerable churches, and the fine expanse of sea by which the view is bounded, all combine in forming a picture, both inland and marine, of almost unrivalled richness, harmony, and beauty.

The town consists principally of two streets, HIGHSTREET, and ALL SAINT'S-STREET, each about half-amile in length, running parallel nearly north and south, and separated by a small rivulet, called the Bourne, the source of which is probably not traced, but which runs into Hastings in a narrow and inconsiderable stream, and empties itself into the sea. These main streets are intersected by various smaller ones, or, more properly speaking, alleys, which contain the dwellings of the fishermen and other poor inhabitants of the place. From the spirit of improvement, and increase of building, which have displayed themselves of late years, and which still continue, in a considerable degree, to distinguish this place; there are, comparatively, few old habitations remaining in the town, and those possess but little interest in an antiquarian point of view. If any of them form an exception, it is, perhaps, those at the bottom of All Saint's-street, which, having the long diagonal gableends descending from their roofs, the characteristic of the houses of Elizabeth's time, it may be inferred, as well as other similar buildings here, are of that age; and which is stated to have been the prevailing style of architecture of the houses in the whole town, forty or fifty years ago.

Upon some of these old dwellings the dates are still remaining. One in High-street has that of 1610, and another in Church-street, St. Clement's, the date 1616. But these kind of low buildings, with gable-ends, are now gradually disappearing, and giving place to erections of a superior class. Three of them, opposite to the Town-hall, have been pulled down very recently, and so considerable in value is the ground on which they stood, that the freehold of it has been sold at

REMAINS OF THE TOWN WALL.

To the JURATS of the TOWN & PORT of HASTINGS In texamery of grateful acknowledgments

for many farers conferred this plate is inscribed by W. G. Moss.

Published Feb 1824 bu & Mejs Kennington.

hased by B. Miller