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ring the coast, as well as the interior of the island,
would be, to make the circuit of the coast, which with
the exception of some few headlands, it is quite possible
to do, —sometimes following the bridle road, or
the foot path which runs near the sea; sometimes
making a path for one’s self; and sometimes descending
to the beach, and taking advantage of low water,
to double the cliffs and promontories. This, I have
myself done ; and I do not know that four or five
days can be passed more agreeably. To make this
little journey as it ought to be made, four or five days
are required; for one is apt to linger long among the
quiet, sweet, and secluded spots, that in following the
sea-line, every hour almost, present themselves. I
need scarcely say, that accommodation for the night,
is not to be had at the spot where each day’s journey
might en d : but by diverging a mile or two from the
coast, such supper and lodging may be had in one or
other of the hamlets, as ought to satisfy a traveller;
and each day the circuit may be resumed, from the
point where it was left off the night before. The details
of such a journey, which would necessarily be
altogether descriptive, and of considerable length, belong
rather to a guide book, than to a work of this
kind, and would be uninteresting to the general
reader who had no intention of visiting the island. I
shall therefore speak only, of those parts of the coast
which are the most interestinof. O
I have already spoken of St. Aubin’s bay, which is
certainly the noblest of all the bays of Je rsey : for
although the curve of St. Ouen’s bay be considerably
wider, it is not nearly so deep,—the curve line of the
former, measuring at least double the width across its
mouth. The beauty of St. Aubin’s bay depends
greatly upon the state of the tide, whose rise and fall
is not less than forty feet. At high water, this brimful
bay is scarcely to be surpassed. The other bays
which I shall mention as deserving of notice, are St.
Catherine’s bay; Rozel bay; Boulay bay; Grève de
Lecq, and St. Brelade’s bay.
The first of these I shall not dwell upon ; the road
to it, from Mont Orgueil Castle winds along the cliffs,
and skirts a small cove called Anne Port, near to
whicli are some of those druidical remains, which are
found everywhere within a certain degree of latitude,
to interest the antiquarian and astonish the vulgar.
The antiquities of the island, I shall leave to those
who have handled them, and pass on to St. Catherine’s
bay, whicli although not equal in picturesque beauty
to some of those still to be mentioned, possesses considerable
attractions; and an insulated tower, at the
southern point, adds greatly to the interest of the
scene.
But one of, if not the very sweetest of all the bays
of Jersey, is Rozel. This is indeed a very beautiful
spot : it is rather an inlet, or .deep creek than a bay ;
and all the features that surround it, are calculated to
increase its attractions. High cliffs and banks hem it
in ; deep wooded glens are seen branching into the
interior; there is a little harbour too,—and a few
fishermen’s houses scattered on the beach; and the
barracks, erected not far distant, although not very
picturesque in their form, yet, owing to their untenanted
and dilapidated state, are not altogether out