house to house, formed a scene at once distressing and laughable. Fortunately it happened in the daytime : had it been in the night, the consequences might have been much more disastrous.
THE SOIL
Of Hastings is of a loamy quality, and in many places a stiff clay : the chief grains sown, are wheat, oats, and barley. A considerable deal of wood and waste lands, in the environs of this place, have been cleared and brought into culture within the last twenty or thirty years.
CLIMATE.
The air of Hastings is accounted remarkably pure and salubrious, which is evinced by the healthy looks and longevity of the inhabitants : its situation is also admirable, being enclosed with hills on all sides but the south, to which it lies open ; and the great quantity of garden-ground which divides the two main streets, admits a free cir-
