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opposite to which is situated an old fort
established by Queen Elizabeth, and called
Tilbury. The river becomes very narrow
not more than half a mile wide, and
is kept from overflowing the adjacent
country by dykes or walls of earth and
stone, which extend for a considerable
distance both below and above Gravesend.
We passed a great number of small towns
and villages on the river bank, among
which I may mention Erith, Greenhite [Greenhithe?],
Northfleet, at length the numerous
factories and shipyards which lined the
river side, and the increase in the
number of vessels of all sorts and sizes
showed that we were approaching the
Great City. The situation of which we
could plainly see by a heavy cloud
which seemed to hover over it.
About half past one we passed Woolwich
and here we say the great city
begins. Woolwich appears to be celebrated
for its Dockyards and Arsenal, and
is a town I believe almost entirely

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