The Rides about Hastings are numerous pleasant, and extensive; to say nothing of the short morning excursions near town, of which there are many. The roads to the villages of Breed, Westfield, Hollington, and many others, lie through a most charming country, diversified with unbounded landscapes, and some of Nature's choicest scenes.
FAIRLIGHT DOWN.
At a little distance from this, near the edge of the cliff, is the Signal House, which was erected during the late war. From Hastings to the wind-mill on Fairlight Down, is about two miles ; a pleasant walk, or an easy ride. About an hundred yards south-east from the mill, among the furze, is a large stump. This is the most elevated part of the Down, and was one of General Roy's stations, for determining the relative situations of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris. Near this spot also is one of the fire-beacons.
From hence, the view on every side is -
