His efforts were, however, only moderately successful, and he died in 1799, leaving to what Horsfield calls "his astonished heirs" only _L_8,000 out of a great fortune.

The name Hothampton soon vanished.
The local authorities of Bognor seem to be keenly alive to the value of enterprise, for their walls are covered with instructions as to what may or may not be done in the interests of cleanliness and popularity; a new sea-wall has been built; receptacles for waste paper continually confront one, and deck chairs at twopence for three hours are practically unavoidable.

And yet Bognor remains a dull place, once the visitor has left his beach abode--tent or bathing box, whichever it may be.

It seems to be a town without resources.

But it has the interest, denied one in more fashionable watering-places, of presenting old and new Bognor at the same moment; not that old Bognor is really old, but it is instructive to see the kind of crescent which was considered the last word in architectural enterprise when our great-grandmothers were young and would take the sea air.
[Sidenote: A POET ON HORSEBACK] From Bognor it is a mere step to Felpham, a village less than a mile to the east.