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farmhouse on the right, called Bohemia, occupied by Mr. Foster, and famous for plenty of fine cream ; on which account it is much frequented in the summer by tea and syllabub parties. Near the house are the ruins of a Church or Chapel, now comverted into a barn, and known by the name of the Chapel Barn. When at Hollington Corner, the road turns off to the right and left that to the left leads out by Mr. Farncombs, on Bulverhythe Levell, to the right to

BEAUPORT,

Which was the seat of the late General Murray, and now the property of Sir James Bland Burgess ; a handsome, modem-built house, situated on an eminence, nearly half way between Battle and Hastings, and commanding a very extensive view on every side. This seat is named after Beauport, near Quebec, in Canada ; at the reduction of which, in 1759, General Murray acted a very distinguished part. After quitting Beauport, pursue the turnpike to Hastings : about half way on the right is Ore Place and Church, another seat -