From Canterbery its 30 mile to Maidstone. Maidstone town is a very neate market town as you shall see in the Country, its buildings are mostly of timber worke, the streetes are Large. The Market Cross runs down in the middle of the greate streete a good way, there being three divisions in it, one good Cross for fruite, another for Corne, and another for all sorts of things, 2 of which is built over for the town hall and publick use. There is also a Large Gail. This streete notwithstanding the hall and Cross stands in the midst, is yet a good breadth on Each side and when it Comes to meete in one, is very broad and runs down a great Length quite to the bridge Cross the Medway which is not very broad here, yet it beares Barges that bring up burdens to the town: it seemes to divide the town for beyond the Bridge are buildings, whole streetes w^{ch} runs along y^e river. There are very pretty houses about the town, looks like the habitation of Rich men. I believe its a wealthy place, there are severall pretty streetes. This was Market day being Thursday and it seemed to be well furnish’d w^{th} all sorts of Commodityes and I observed there was great quantety’s of Leather but Could not Learn what particular thing that was their staple Comodity or tradeing in, but in Generall it seemed to be like a Little faire for the variety of wares tho’ they told me that was not so full a Market as some dayes because the Country people were taken up aboute their hopping so Could not bring things to Market. Thence to Rochester 8 mile, I came by a great many ffine hopp yards where they were at work pulling y^e hopps. I came into Rochester at the other side, thro’ the wood on the hill I mentioned before, from whence the town and y^e dock yards washed by the Medway, with the shipps at anchor was as acceptable a prospect and diverting as was y^e other on the other side. I went through y^e town just by the great Church w^{ch} is a good building but nothing Curious: also I went by y^e Castle wall w^{ch} is but small what remaines of it; thence over the ffine bridge, and as I travell’d all along in sight of the Medway to Rochester, so Next day I went in sight of the Thames. I went that night to Gravesend w^{ch} is all by the side of Cherry grounds that are of severall acres of ground, and Runs quite down to the Thames w^{ch} is Convenient for to Convey the Cherrys to London, for here the Great produce of that fruite is w^{ch} supplyes y^e town and Country with y^e Kentish Cherrys, a good sort Fflemish fruite. I went 2 mile beyond Gravesend w^{ch} made it in miles 9 from Rochester, to a Little place Called Northfleete, its much in the woods. Thence I went to Dartfford 6 mile a little neate town; thence to Shutershill 2 mile on the top of w^{ch} hill you see a vast prospect Exactly Round it, being a great height of ground and such a descent Every way that Commands the sight of a vast tract of ground, w^{ch} appeares in y^e greatest