Black's Guide to the Channel IslandsDavid Thomas Ansted |
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Alderney Aubin's beach beautiful BLACK Bouley Bay Braye Harbour breakwater Brelade's building called Casquets Castle Cornet caverns Channel Islands chapel Church Clement's cliff cloth coast of Guernsey Coloured Corbières cove covered Creux Crevichon cromlech Crown 8vo curious detached Distance from Harbour Distance from St east Edition Elizabeth Castle England English extremity Fcap feet Fort Regent French Gorey Gouliot grand granite Grève de Lecq Grosnez ground Grouville Grouville Church headland Helier's Herm Hotel Icart Illustrated inches interesting interior Jerbourg Jersey Jethou L'Ancresse L'Etac Lançon land Lihou LL.D low-water Martin's miles Minquiers Mont Orgeuil Moulin Huet Moye Point narrow nearly Noirmont northern numerous Ouen's parish Peter Port picturesque Pleinmont principal Prof quarries reached rises road rocks rocky Rocquaine Rozel Sampson's Sark scenery seen Serk shore side stone tide tourist tower town valley Vazon vols volumes fcap Waverley weather
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Page 175 - ... broom, heather, and grass. At one place a huge arched rock is seen, the light piercing through from the further side. In another is a small beach, covered with black sand, mixed up with numerous large rounded blocks of granite. Here the rocks descend at once into a deep black pool ; there the water is so clear that the rocky bottom is visible from the cliffs above, although their height is nearly 200 feet. Continuing to work our way round the various inlets, we come again, after a time, to the...