B bitish
Isles»
Guernfey.
H I
Alderney.
Eddiftone-
ISciHy. r‘
At éhfe dMancej4 s'a te te WigTït;1 t ° ’Mé 'Wi
aHÉétHfe littlfe Me o f Alderney, ¥ f f ‘thê j ||p e r -
Watds tlrë aM g j g y ;
Sark 'bultig a fm‘É Me iteétpófealM l t $ f ë 8 ^ ^
' f t l a s S t & if&l&Kmg; ’A liie 'b rb ad / k n « |o u t
thirty-fix in circuit. It is a and
' *. M f éy
P l l i f twelve miles-ia length,and- fixvin’'bÉekd|h5 'a we]jlW;aterkd|jnd
fe^tttó||aad* produwn^'exrcJjpnt butter^nHvhoiièy'^ The S p |& § ‘are
mf}der,jbut more wïtfdy, 'than Ae fè öf-England. The l^oed«oMgic|p,
with four fix .homs, ,feeln$navfft§ikHOwh., Tfhè northWn|SdB of
the ifland is-high, hufc tW -fo u tiem ft&hde's.i^to';| t e . ; ^
w ith orchards. Iffiis /a id that Mi&Jtffe t a s jc>^tji®e^kpjwd dctiè- in lin e
^ a r .2 4 to o o hogfh'éad^'-of Icyder.v-^hê remarkable, placetg p E | j B ®
tm i s o f Sw Hëfeefr-and’S i A n t ó j t ó t h # a n lm 'g .S a bay, © p h ^ ^ t f
th e 'A u e i'; a n d 4 e cattle ó fvM o iSw Ö B g y iil|to ^ a r f t i b l t a ^ t s ^ ^ e y
are computed-' kèfiibb! c ? ^ t e ; s a f arms. In
January i ? 8 i *, I9t. Helier was filfprifed by- gcfö-rfce^h',!Wider % %
-ïcouftr w h ow a s killed,.while Majoi? J ^ e r fb h jf s lp |W th n > ' g | 1 <?f the
Englifh, his valóur-bëihg eomftiemöfated by p a in ^ in ^ sk ^ h ^ ^M ^ ^ ^ id
by a iKHidfoHlè monument in the church* ö f -S t.^ f e f e f j ^M te rh ö y is a
ttn a ll^ te , ■'with a town, and 'about’f e ë p ’fchabitants in* aU.V'J?telfïhas
about 30c? inhabitants3. ' ',
'Refurhingto the E nflifb flidre, we ’firft>tefory?EMffone hght-'houje,
"W t by all the'fury o f the weftêrn wavës.- 1 -Tchis’ ediliCeiKaSte^e^edll
heen overthrown, but Jb ^ p te fen t erfe&ibh i ^ M h t i g ^ e a t o n ^ b ^ p ^ d
■of vaft maffes -of ftone, grooved into the. rock, and joined with iron,
prömifes alike to defy accidental fire, and' the violence of the'ocean,
though the waves fometimes wafll over the very fummit- in one iheet
o f foam. _ I I ■ 1*- , g
About thirty miles to the weft of the Land’s End, appear the Hies of
gcilly, which have been idly deemed the Caffiterides_of the ancients,
* Guernfey is chiefly remarkable for? its Jfmall breed of cattle. •
■ * Gough’s Camden, ffi, 753. { f t ' £58$? * 7 - . , | l though
thongh^Kfe®55ro^:s.%§ Wa a tit^ S& ’fth ^ jtto # c e . This
hiyitti^*p‘rfe^eh4^o‘ tlhd name of ji‘45' mesf: covered- with grafs or mofs,
befides innumerable dreary rocks. ' T M ‘l’a-tg^ff.ifle‘lS that dfffft; - Mary,
Which ®^®iB^fivir^pes'%i|f(sifl#g}Oand >h^*^%^le and 'gartifon : in-
habitants about That of St. Agnes is* rather, fertile, inhabitants
about 3'q©. The whole inhabitants’of the Scilly Hies, &re' dbnjpnted at
about-1 1000. The r catfl& [ and horfesfffmiall; b u t ffieep; and rabbits
thrive well. l|©ohide¥k#Ilf*o^h^Htiet as* ^ kelp'’ k’rfe ''-prepared amid thefe
ro@k^|§^
fen turning fePthe' nofm|ffiffeapptal^tbe 'lktfe‘ Me-ofTi,ii«dy, fi-tuated
iri,Jthe l®rMolf^CfihM'^l!jf§i)i§nt thre^-fnileS tong^ but ho,n-a; mile 'in
whh-jM®o’T|ft'^^ ‘ac^es’ctf' go^Sdarid, fbtrie rivulets,1 and a]c¥ftld.
It was formerly alJtooted -re®ea#ifor-'plratsS, ,h?.
'Seme' fmaff ifles4ye-o.ffi'the Wefchlcoift ©f PembFOkelhire andtOaer-
nSTr^'l^ •fa-'sh alf@'a.ldy,C'Skomar,:iBafrdfey, landi .-others ‘btct-t^e* iffei^f
AngMfes deferred mtn®5atitentia'H• being,the Moiia o f lTacitu^.h®hileit'hje
Ifemfi'Man i^ ^ e ^ e propigfly'theiMonjeda, of'i^Jet ancient^.■ Arfgjlefea
is about twcyty-hve/miles’ J n length,- and dighteen in breasdth.>""The
•|™efiEg^SdKc-NlRvj$pr^i|f Beatimaris, and, on exfrfemjty,
fronting.I|da.ncl, Holyhead. Thikifle.is.fb’ remarkabl®f^t||e,That the
Welch1 have’ & p h a tic ally ftylet$ it ’the mother ,bfi Wales; and of late
has.’bCen S®J®^odu6tive o f rich copper,1 'in ’the Parrys mountain,.
in Me ^ p E / p a r t of the ifland, mpar1 Amhicli, pffivhich a n ’account'
hat b^en given inv'U‘bat:ing,!©f tlle fEnglr|h>minerals. THisfMcralsfq pro-
dupo^gfefcn;'fcr.pontme, w ith albettfos^, B'eaumaris is a large towny with a
ca^lehUilt b y Edward, I. 'NeWburgn?i§J a~corpdration.of fmaffetanoment.
H!|ly h ;ead, pf-igipally a,.fffliipg to^yn, has bccomMof cbnlecpfcnco, .by the
Itllhlpackets which pafs> daily, the average time1 beihg1 ti^el^eljlLOurs.
The laffi' 'Ep^ifli |ifle worth, mention,‘-is that o f Man.; it is\ah¥ut
thirty mdesffn length, and fifteen in'its greateft breadth, ^ffithe midft
1s ,a ; h i p |n oufitain, called Snafel. The chief mineral produdti’ons are'
^ ack n|arble, flate, lime-ftone, lead, copper, and iron. Man is alfo
■ * ' Camden, iii. 75-3.
a fmail ifle, S. W . o f Cardiff, is latterly noted For fulpliate of ft .Found at •
■ Old PalTage, fourteen miles N. W . o f Brlftol, and near-Mendip hills.
3 I , 1 well
British ''
I sles.
Lundy.
Anglefea,
Man.