THE

CHANNEL ISLANDS;

JERSEY, GUERNSEY, ALDERNEY, &c

[THE RESULT OF a two year's RESIDENCE.]

AUTHOR OF

BY

HENRY D. INGLIS,

SPAIN IN 1830, "THE TYROL," &c

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

WHITTAKER, TREACHER, ARNOT, & Co.

AVE-MARIA LANE.

1834.

CONTENTS.-VOL. II.

GUERNSEY.

CHAPTER I.-Approach; town of St. Peter's-

Port; streets and buildings; villas; the fish

market, and other markets; prices of provisions;

Elizabeth College, and its advantages; the

hospital and poor-house; the harbour; castle

Cornet..

CHAPTER II.—The environs of St. Peter's Port;

gardens and Floriculture.

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CHAPTER III.-General description of the inte-

rior; aspect and scenery; bays; druidical re-

mains; the country people and their character,

and mode of life; small proprietors, and cot-

tagers; singular usage; dress, and personal

appearance; dialect; laws affecting property... 42

CHAPTER IV.-The upper classes in Guernsey;

state of society; reasons of its superior tone;

exclusiveness; fine arts; the drama; purita-

nism; the spirit and influence of the press

CHAPTER V.-Agriculture in Guernsey....... 73

CHAPTER VI.-The trade of Guernsey.......

CHAPTER VII.-Civil, Military, and Ecclesias-

tical Government; taxation....

CHAPTER VIII.-Historical sketch..

ALDERNEY.

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CHAPTER I.-Difficult access to Alderney:

narrative of the voyage; terrors of the race, and

the swinge....

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CHAPTER II -The harbour; proposed naval

station; early habits in Alderney; the town of

St. Anne, and its population; ride into the

country; general aspect of Alderney; small

properties; husbandry; the common; vraic

gathering, and the solemnities attending it;

the Alderney cow; other animals...

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CHAPTER III.-The people of Alderney: their

character and habits; improvidence, and feast-

ing; fishing; expenditure and mode of living:

how time is passed; party spirit, and litigious-

ness; the climate of Alderney; health and

disease, and rate of mortality.

CHAPTER IV.-Trade and smuggling; civil go-

vernment of the island; small economy; the

militia; views; the caskets; the island of

Berhou; the petrel; the burrowing bee.......182

SERK.

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CHAPTER I.-Singular access to Serk; general

aspect of the island; dells and valleys; birds

and flowers; Little Serk, and its singularities;

anecdote; rock scenery of Serk; the "boutiques."201

CHAPTER II.-Inhabitants of Serk; state of

property, and laws; farm houses; occupations;

agriculture, and fishing; mode of life; amuse-

ments; morality in Serk. ...

CHAPTER III.-The agriculture of Serk; live

stock; civil government; manorial rights; island

militia; the harbour; scenery; the isle of

Brechnou; historical sketch; singular tradi-

tion; geological notices

HERM..

JETHOU....

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