chalk, or by openings on the face of the cliffs; and an intelligent traveller has said, that" the chimneys, coming up forty feet through the mountain, shoot out their smoke, as if they were the flues of some Cyclopean artificers, whose forges were in the bowels of the earth."
"The ancient Pharos in its dotage points To Cæsar."
The remains of the Pharos, on Castle-Hill, furnish incontestable proof of Roman workmanship, though no decided evidence can be adduced that it was erected by Julius Cæsar, as tradition is fond of asserting. The commanding situation of Dover caused it to be held as a military post by the ancient Britons, and that it was fortified by the Romans is admitted by the most discriminating historians.
"The aromatic hop, the grape of Kent."
The culture of the hop has long been a distinguishing feature of the County of Kent. Old Michael Drayton exclaims;
"O famous Kent!
What county can this isle compare with thee?
Which hath within thyself all thou couldst wish,
Rabbits and venison, fruits, hops, fowl and fish," &c.
