KING'S-FERRY, (Kent) the common way from the main land into the isle of Shepey, where a cable of about 140 fathom in
length, fastened at each end across the water, serves to get the boat over by hand. For the maintenance of this ferry, and
keeping up the highway leading to it thro' the marshes for above 1 m. in length, and for supporting a wall against the
sea, the land-occupiers tax themselves yearly 1 d. per acre for fresh marsh-land, and 1 d. for every 10 acres of salt
marsh-land. Here is a house for the ferry-keeper, who is obliged to tow all travellers over free, except on four days,
viz. Palm-M. Whit-M. St. James's-Day, and Michaelmas-day, when a horseman pays 2. d. and a footman 1. d. But on Sunday, or
after 8 o'clock at night, the ferry-keeper demands 6d. of every horseman, and 2 d. of every footman, whether strangers, or
the land-occupiers.