I saw severall Large shipps building, others refitting. There was in one place a sort of arches like a bridge of Brickwork, they told me y^e use of it was to let in y^e water there, and so they put their masts in to season, besides this dock, here are severall streetes of houses on this hill w^{ch} is pretty high and is just against Rochester, and on y^e hill you have y^e best prospect of the town and see y^e severall good Churches in it, and the Castle w^{ch} is a pretty Little thing just by y^e Medway w^{ch} runs along by it, and so at foote of this hill is a Round and so onward to sea. There were severall shipps at anchor along y^e River. All behind the town is another hill w^{ch} is covered w^{th} fine woods y^t Looks very fine; thence to Sittingburn 11 mile all in sight of y^e Lovely Medway. This is a very good town for y^e Road and travellers as you shall meete w^{th}. The Church is all built w^{th} flints headed so Curiously that it Lookes like glass and shines with y^e suns Reflexion. Thence to Canterbery 16 mile, we pass by great Hop yards on both sides of the Road, and this year was great quantetyes of that fruite here in Kent. We pass by Ffeversham just at y^e towns End w^{ch} is 9 mile from Canterbury, its a very large town and good buildings of Bricke. Canterbery opens to view 6 miles distant by y^e advantage of a high hill we pass over to it—its a noble Citty—y^e gates are high tho’ but narrow, the streetes are most of them Large and long, and y^e buildings handsome, very neate but not very Lofty, most are of Brickwork, its a flourishing town, good tradeing in y^e weaving of silks. I saw 20 Loomes in one house w^{th} severall fine flower’d silks, very good ones, and its a very Ingenious art to fix the warps and Chaine in their Loomes to Cast their work into such ffigures and flowers. There stands a boy by Every Loome and pulls up and down threads w^{ch} are fastened to the weaving, and so pulls the Chaine to the Exact form for y^e shuttle to work through.