Cobbett's Hampshire, 1830

	Old Hampshire Mapped

	Cobbett's Hampshire Transcription (67)
Petersfield chalk Hurstbourne Tarrant geology flint sand clay Dolphin Inn inn	previous Before we got to Petersfield, we called at an old friend's and got some bread and cheese and small beer, which we preferred to strong. In approaching Petersfield we began to descend from the high chalk-country, which (with the exception of the valleys of the ITCHEN and the TESTE) had lasted us from UPHUSBAND (almost the north-west point of the county) to this place, which is not far from the south-east point of it. Here we quit flint and chalk and downs, and take to sand, clay, hedges and coppices; and here, on the verge of Hampshire, we begin again to see those endless little bubble-formed hills that we before saw round the foot of HINDHEAD. We have got in [to Petersfield] in very good time, and got, at the Dolphin, good stabling for our horses.
inn	The waiters and people at inns look so hard at us to see us so liberal as to horse-feed, fire, candle, beds, and room, while we are so very very sparing in the article of drink! They seem to pity our taste. I hear people complain of the 'exorbitant charges' at inns; but, my wonder always is, how the people can live with charging so little. ... next

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