Guide to Jersey, St. Helier's and the Place of Interest in the Island |
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Guide to Jersey, St. Helier's and the Place of Interest in the Island David Thomas Ansted,Adam And Charles Black No preview available - 2018 |
Guide to Jersey, St. Helier's and the Place of Interest in the Island David Thomas Ansted,Adam And Charles Black No preview available - 2015 |
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Alderney Anne Port Aubin's Bay beautiful Bonne Nuit Bouley Bay Brelade's Bay called Casquets Catherine's Bay caverns Channel Islands Church from St Clement's Bay cliffs climate coast of Jersey Corbiéres cove cromlech day.-GUERNSEY day.-JERSEY detached Distance from St east Elizabeth Castle England English extremity Fliquet Bay Fort Regent French geologist Giffard's Bay Gorey granite GREVE Grève au Lançon Grève de Lecq Grosnez Grouville Bay Grouville Church Guernsey headland Helier's Hotel Hougue Bie Houle interest interior Jersey and Guernsey Jersey pound Jethou L'Etac La Hougue Bie land Littlehampton Manor-house Martin's miles N.E. miles W.N.W. Mont Orgeuil nearly Normandy north coast north-eastern Ouen's Bay parish peculiar Peter's Valley picturesque PIERRES DE LECQ Plemont Pontac principal quarries road rocks rocky Royal Square Rozel Bay SAIE HARBOUR Samarez Sark Saviour's scenery seen Serk shores Southampton steamers Street tide tourist town Trinity Vicard village visited Weymouth
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Page 69 - Mont Orgeuil Castle is a lofty pile, Within the eastern part of Jersey isle, Seated upon a rock, full large and high,, Close by the sea-shore, next to Normandie ; Near to a sandy bay, where boats do ride, Within a peere, safe from both winds and tide.
Page 49 - A small port and harbour close to Mont Orgeuil, and a little to the north of the headland on which the castle is built. At this point the picturesque and rocky cliff-scenery of the northern part of Jersey may be said to commence, and this little bay — the smallest round the island — contrasts singularly with the larger but flat bay of Grouville. Behind it, at a short distance, is a Druidical monument, one of the best now remaining in Jersey. It is composed of nine stones supporting a flat stone....
Page 60 - Langon is the succession of caverns and narrow fiords, alternating with rocky reefs projecting for some distance into the sea. These are continued beyond the lowest tide, reaching indeed to the extremity of Grosnez, under which is a cave. The number of caverns it is difficult to estimate. Six may be visited in succession at all times except near high-water — some are connected by low natural vaults, but most of them are detached.
Page 50 - Aubin's, about 2 miles W. by S.) Turning off from the carriage road to the Corbi6res, a little before reaching the sixth mile-stone from St. Helier's, a path will be found which leads to within a hundred yards of a curious natural recess in the cliff bearing this name. Within an area of a few acres there are several pinnacles and needles of rock, of various sizes and proportions — noble, rugged, and picturesque masses projecting into the sea, and huge fallen fragments forming caverns, with entrances...
Page 16 - Channel group are admirably adapted to restore the health, and strengthen, both mentally and bodily, the overtaxed energies of the inhabitants of great cities. They afford a pure clear atmosphere containing a large quantity of saline matter and iodine, and the frequent high winds ensure a constant freshness, preventing the depressing effect sometimes accompanying humidity.
Page 53 - Bay, and are close te the course of the steamers coming from Guernsey to St. Helier's. The rocks are detached at high water, but a broad causeway of boulders and jagged ends of granite connects them with Jersey during a large part of each tide. Their varied and broken outline, whether seen from the sea or the neighbouring shore, is always in the highest degree picturesque. They rise in majestic grandeur, forming a bold extremity to the island in this direction, and they group well with the rocky...
Page 52 - There is at least six fathoms of water everywhere in the bay quite close to the land, except in the three or four cases where the rocks come near the surface. It was at one time proposed to continue a small breakwater already commenced, and form here a harbour of refuge, but the plan has been abandoned. The cliffs enclosing Bouley Bay are everywhere high and steep, but they are almost without exception clothed with verdure even in mid-winter. They are too vertical close to the sea to allow of a descent...
Page 15 - ... children, and is no doubt capable of checking the progress of most chronic diseases, and of pulmonary consumption in its early stages. Rheumatism, however, is common, and liver complaints are not unfrequent. An insular atmosphere is, of course, more humid than that of the mainland, but the Channel Islands are quite free from miasma, and there is much less of depressing influence in the climate than their position might lead one to expect. It may safely be said that all the islands of the Channel...
Page 19 - The geranium grows and remains as a standard during winter in a manner only familiar to those who have seen it at Gibraltar and Malaga. The arbutus ripens its winter strawberry perfectly. The magnolia (two species) grows to be a noble tree. The myrtle is trained against houses, and spreads to a height only limited by that of the house it clings to. The fuchsia is a common and large tree. Yuccas and the Mexican aloe flower freely. Besides the lilies already mentioned, the Cape bulbs all grow well...