town of Kent, and one of the cinque ports, having the title of an earldom. It consisted of 1398 houses in 1801, most of them old, and built with wood, though there are a few new ones built with brick and flints. The town is walled round, and also fortified with ditches and ramparts; but the walls are much decayed, on account of the harbour being so choked up with sand that a ship of 100 tons burden cannot get in. The number of inhabitants, according to the census of 1801, was 6506; but in the census for 1811, the number given is 2735, which is probably an error. E. Long. 1. 20. N. Lat. 51. 20.