soon be manifested in carrying this desirable object into effect.
A great number of fishing boats, long boats, &c. are also built in this town, for which the boat-builders are esteemed famous ; and the cutters that have been built, are much admired for the beauty of their shape.
MARKETS.
The market days are on Wednesdays and Saturdays : they are well attended in general by the country butchers, and afford plenty of fine meat, particularly South Down mutton, which is esteemed much superior in flavour to any other : the town is also well attended by people from the country, with fowls, butter, &c. at reasonable prices. Upon the whole, most articles are to be had as cheap at Hastings as at any other town equally distant from the metropolis -- many cheaper ; and would the principal families in and near country towns, by dealing more with country shopkeepers, hold out encou-
