Well, then, Drellingore stream burst out with exceptional floods in April, 1914, and flowed to Dover town, and flooded the valley at Alkham. Wheat was then round about 37_s._ 10-1/2_d._ a quarter, and barley was 20_s._ 4-1/2_d._ Wheat had been steadily rising from its lowest, at 22_s._ 10_d._ in 1894; and barley from 21_s._ 11_d._ in 1895. Barley was never so low as 20_s._ What, therefore, is the implication of the ominous legend, in respect of barley? In less than four months the Great War, 1914-18, broke out, and wheat in 1915 was up to 52_s._ 10_d._, and barley 34_s._ 7_d._ The course of prices, 1916-1921, was: _Wheat._ _Barley._ 1916 58/5 53/6 1917 75/9 64/9 1918 72/10 59/0 1919 72/11 75/9 1920 80/10 108/11 1921 85/4 73/7 Prices during the Great War very reasonably agitated the community, but in the period of the Napoleonic wars wheat rose to its highest recorded price: 126_s._ 6_d._ in 1812; that is, thirty-one shillings and twopence a quarter dearer than ever it has been in our own times. Barley, on the contrary, was very much dearer in 1920 than ever it had been; for the top price then was 40_s._ 5_d._ above the former highest: 68_s._ 6_d._ in 1801. The road now grows suburban to Dover, and the valley commences to open out toward the sea. Where the Dour flows, all the vegetation is luxuriant, and there are lovely ponds decked with water-lilies beside the Crabble meadows, below the highway to the right and near the prettily named village of River; but as the hills rise on either hand they grow barren again and stretch for miles right and left. One green spot amid these eternal chalky undulations lies off to the right. This is Saint Radigund's Abbey, sometimes called by two _aliases_, either "Kearsney" or "Bradsole" Abbey. The first is the legitimate name, the others are given by its neighbourhood and by the wide (or "broad") pond (or "sole") that stood beside the ruins. Little is left of the old abbey but a gatehouse and some beautiful stone-and-flint diapered walls, built into an old farmstead; but, although so little remains, what there is left deserves a visit from either architect or artist. Through this valley came King John on that shameful day when, having previously made an informal submission to Pandulf the Papal Legate in the Templars' house at Ewell, he proceeded to formally ratify the gift of himself and his kingdom in the Templars' Church on Dover Heights. Where the Dour crosses the road at Buckland the open highway ends. [Illustration: ST. RADIGUND'S ABBEY.] [Sidenote: BUCKLAND]