Sussex still has many water-mills--cool and splashing homes of peaceful bustle.

Long may they endure.
Highdown Hill has other associations.

In 1812 the Gentlemen of the Weald met the Gentlemen of the Sea-coast at cricket on its dividing summit.
The game, which was for one hundred guineas, was a very close thing, the Gentlemen of the Weald winning by only seven runs.

Among the Gentlemen of the Sea-coast was Mr.Osbaldeston, while the principal Gentleman of the Weald was Mr.E.H.

Budd.
A mile north of Highdown Hill, in a thickly wooded country, are Patching and Clapham; Patching celebrated for its pond, which washes the high-road to Arundel, and Clapham for its woods.