princess who married John Rolfe, is interred in the chancel (see Doyle's 'English in America', 1882). Windmill Hill, at the back of the town, now almost covered with the buildings of the increasing suburbs, commands a fine view of the Thames, Shooter's Hill (p. 305), London, with the hills of Highgate and Hampstead beyond, and (to the S.) over the county of Kent, with Cobham Hall (see below) and Springhead as conspicuous points.

Pleasant excursion to Cobham Hall, the seat of the Earl of Darnley, in the midst of a magnificent park (fine rhododendrons, in bloom in June), 7 M. in circumference, lying about 4 M. to the S. of Gravesend. (Tickets of admission to the house, which is open to visitors on Fridays from 11 to 4 only, may be obtained at Caddel's Library, King Street, Gravesend, and High Street, Rochester, price 1s.; the proceeds are devoted to charitable purposes.) The central portion of this handsome mansion was built by Inigo Jones (d. 1653); the wings date from the 16th century. The interior was restored during the present century. The fine collection of pictures includes a *Portrait of Ariosto and Europa and the Bull by Titian, *Tomyris with the head of Cyrus by Rubens, and examples of Van Dyck, Lely, Kneller, and other masters. The Parish Church of Cobham contains some fine old brasses.

The pedestrian may extend his walk, through the famed woods of Cobham Park, and down the valley of the Medway, to Strood, a suburb of Rochester, a walk of about 7 M. in all from Gravesend. The direct road from Gravesend to (6 M.) Rochester runs viâ *Gadshill and the old village of Chalk. Gadshill, which commands a splendid view, is famous as the scene assigned by Shakspeare to the encounter of Sir John Falstaff with the 'men in buckram', commemorated by an inn bearing the name of the worthy knight. Nearly opposite is the picturesque house in which Charles Dickens resided, and where he died in 1870 (comp. Baedeker's Great Britain).

The railway from Gravesend to (7 M.) Strood passes only one station, called Higham, 31/2 M. from which is Cowling Castle, built in the time of Richard II., and now a picturesque ruin. Beyond Higham the train penetrates a tunnel, 11/4 M. in length, and enters the station of Strood, a suburb of Rochester, on the opposite bank of the river Medway. Some of the North Kent trains go no farther in this direction, but others cross the Medway, and proceed to Rochester and Chatham, which practically form one town, surrounded by fortifications defending the entrance to the river.

Rochester (Crown; Victoria & Bull; King's Head), to the N. of Chatham, a very ancient city, with a pop. of 21,590, a fine Norman Castle, and an interesting Cathedral, is described at length in Baedeker's Great Britain.

Chatham (Sun; Mitre), with 46,806 inhab., on the E. bank of the Medway, below Rochester, is one of the chief naval arsenals and military stations in Great Britain. See Baedeker's Great Britain.

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