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MODERN LITERATURE.
CHAPTER X.
Brighton is situated on a declivity
descending from the South Downs, a
ridge of hills, which rising near the east
coast of Kent, runs along the Channel
to Hampshire, where gradually declining
into woodlands, it at last terminates
in fertile valleys. There are three approaches
to the town from London; two
winding between the hills by Lewes and
Cuckfield; the third across the ridge
by Henfield. From the last, as you
come near the town, the prospect is ex-
