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G U E R N S E Y .
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CHAPTER VII.
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Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical Government—Taxation . 231
CHAPTER V III.
Historical S k e t c h ............................................................................... 239
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 - 177
CHAPTER II.
The Environs of St. Peter’s Port—Gardens and Floriculture 190
CHAPTER III.
General Description of the Interior—Aspect and Scenery—
Bays—Druidical Remains--Tlie Country People and their
Character, and Mode of Life—Small Proprietors and Cottagers—
Singular Usage-Dress, and Personal Appearance-
Dialect—Laws affecting P r o p e r t y ............................................ 201
CHAPTER IV.
The Upper Classes in Guernsey—State of Society—Reasons of
its superior Tone—Exclusiveness—Fine Arts—The Drama
— Puritanism—The Spirit and Influence of the Press . . 2 1 1
CHAPTER V.
Agriculture in G u e r n s e y ....................................................................920
CHAPTER VI.
The Trade of G u e r n s e y ................................................................... ^ 7
A L D E R N E Y .
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CHAPTER I.
Difficult access to Alderney—Narrative of the Voyage—Terrors
of the Race, and the Swinge . 265
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 270
CHAPTER III.
The People of Alderney—their Character and Habits—Improvidence
and Feasting—Fishing—Expenditure, and Mode
of Life—How Time is passed—Party Spirit, and Litigiousness—
The Climate of Alderney—Health and Disease, and
Rate of M o r t a l i t y ..........................................................................279
CHAPTER IV.
-Civil Government Trade and Smuggling- of the Island—Small
Economy—The Militia—Views—The Caskets—The Island
of Berhou—The Petrel—The Burrowing Bee . . . . 286