Grève de Lecq, Jersey, 105; natural stew at, 213.
Grosnez, Cape, Alderney, 20; Cape or Point, Jersey, intrusive veins near, 256; headland so called, 273; ruined arch at, 501.
Groups of islands and rocks forming the Channel Islands, 15. Grouville Bay, Jersey, chalk flints at,
274; incursions of the sea at, 462. Grunes, rocks so named, 38. Guernsey, high water at, 9; general account of, 36; highest elevation, 37; its climate typical, 132; its richness in certain plants, 198; axis of eleva- tion through, 260; effect of the con- stitution of John upon, 356; early privilege of neutrality limited to, 358; more parliamentary than loyal at commencement of Civil Wars, 367; does not accept the canons of church government of Dr. Bandinell, 367; its inhabitants pardoned by Charles II., 391; cromlechs of, 413; speci- men of its dialect, 441; derivation of its name, 452; soil of, 463; pe- culiarities of its breed of cows, 480; stone trade and quarries of, 503; militia force, 551; hotel accommo- dation, 567; value of the pound currency, 571; value of the pound weight, 573; local measures of, 575; revenue and debt of, 582. Guernsey lily, 499.
Guernseymen, their opinion of their own exertions during the Civil Wars, 390.
Gull Cliff, Guernsey, 49.
Ha! Ro! appeal so called, 538. Habeas Corpus Act, till lately resisted in the islands, 540.
Habits and customs of the islanders, 546.
Hail in Guernsey, 145. Hambye, Tale of, 120, 455.
Han, the plant so called, 179, 516. Hanging rock, Alderney, 25.
Hanois Rocks (Hanways), 38; light- house on, 49.
Harbour of Alderney, 21; of Guernsey,
40; of St. Helier's, Jersey, 95; of St. Catherine's, Jersey, 99. Hardness, effect of different degrees of, in the wearing of rocks, 260.
Hare, the, reintroduced into Guernsey, 201.
Harts-tongue fern, group of, 184. Havelet, Guernsey, raised beach at, 280. Haviland Vale, Guernsey, 54. Haviland, Mr., his investigation of the claim of the constitution of John to authenticity, 356.
Havre Gosselin, Sark, 83. Hay crops in the islands, 476. Haye du Puit, Guernsey, 58. Hedges and enclosures, 473. Height of Alderney, 19; of Guernsey, 37; of Sark, 71; of Jersey, 92. Helerius, history of, 320. Hemipterous insects of Jersey, 230. Henry, T. H., Esq., his enquiry con- cerning Guernsey granite, 502. Henry I. and II., allegiance of the is- lands during their reigns, 353. Henry III., the islands mentioned as held by England during his reign,
Henry V. banishes the disaffected clergy, 357; advowsons of the islands an- nexed to the Crown during his reign, 541.
Henry VI., the oldest charter con- cerning neutrality in his reign, 359; transfer of the islands to the diocese of Salisbury, 365; charter conferring freedom from taxation, 396. Henry VII., accounts of the islands during his reign, 363.
Heritage, Court of, in Guernsey, 533. Herm, account of, 62; disintegration
of rocks there, 262; veins at, 263; raised beach at, 281; sands of, their geological character, 294; history of, 405; antiquities of, 413; soil of, 464; abundance of sea-weed at, 468; granite of, 505.
Hermitage Rock, Jersey, 116, 323. Heylin, his account of the canons of
church government accepted by Guernsey, 367; his stay in Guernsey and book on the islands, 368. Highest and lowest temperature in Guernsey, Jersey, and Greenwich,
Hilarius, or Helerius, a saint in the
carly martyrology of Jersey, 320. Hilton, Dr., his crab, 233; assistance acknowledged, 242.
History of the Channel Islands, sum- mary of earliest, 349. Histories of Normandy and England,
bearing of the discussion concerning | Independent manners of the shop- the origin of the Normans on these, 351.
Hog's Back, Sark, 75.
Holdings of land in the islands, 473,
Hooper, Dr., on the temperature of Jersey, 149; on the sanitary condi- tion of that island, 160. Hornblendic rocks, composition of, 461. Hornstone in Jersey, 271.
Horses, breeds of, in the islands, 482. Horticulture of the islands, 483. Horticultural Society of Jersey, 555. Hoskins, Dr., his table of the elements of climate of Guernsey, 134; re- marks on the winds of Guernsey, 143; his account of the sanitary state of Guernsey, 160; his notice of an earthquake in Guernsey, 279. Hospitality of the islanders, 551. Hospitals in Jersey and Guernsey, 558. Hotel accommodation in Sark, Mrs.
Hazlehurst's, 88; generally in the islands, 569.
Hougue Bie, Jersey, 120, 456. Houses, of Guernsey, 57; statistics of,
in Jersey and Guernsey, 579. Huissiers, the law officers so called, 525. Humidity, degree of, in Guernsey, 145; in Jersey, 153.
Hyde, his influence exercised to induce Charles to go to France, 381. Hydrangea, flowers freely and well in the islands, 498.
Hymenopterous insects of Jersey, 225. Hypersthenic rocks filling veins in all the islands, 259.
Iberic element in Gaul at an early period, 409.
Icart Point and Bay, Guernsey, 47; ir- regular hardness of the rock at, 262. Iceland, the country of the sagas, 337. Icelandic sagas, value of, 331.
Igneous rocks, their history taught in
the Channel Islands, 249. Illicit trade in the islands, measures
taken to stop it, 401.
Implements, ancient, 327; agricultural, used in the islands, 477. Importance of early names in determin- ing history, 311.
Incomes of the islanders small, 550. Incursions of the sea, notice of, in early times, 462.
Independents of Guernsey, 404. Industry of the islands after the Resto-
Influence of islands, no measure of their value in historical enquiry, 309. Inhabitants of the Chaussey Islands described, 126.
Inhabited islands of the Channel group, list of, 16.
Inheritance, law of, noticed by Heylin, 368; described, 537.
Inscription on a menhir, 420.
Insects of the Channel Islands, 224. Insular faunas and floras, the interest of, 299.
Interest of insular history, 309. Intermarriages common in the islands, 548.
Internal evidence of the origin of the Norman, 331.
Intrusive veins in Guernsey, 255. Invasion of Britain from the Channel Islands by the Jutes, 340.
Invertebrata of the Channel Islands, 214. Iodine, manufacture of, in the islands,
Irish church, the missionary church in the middle ages, 325, 326. Irish mutiny in Guernsey, 402. Irish origin of the Christianity of Bri-
tany and the Channel Islands, 326. Irrigation in the islands, 472. Islands, Channel, see CHANNEL ISLANDS. Islands, near Alderney, 31; near Guern- sey, 61; near Sark, 70; near Jersey, 92, 120; near Chaussey, 123. Isle of Wight, relations between this and the Channel Islands, 352. Isopodous crustaceans of the islands, 234.
Itinerary of Antoninus quoted as to the position of Sena, 427; as to the names of the Channel Islands, 452.
Ixias flourish in Guernsey, 499.
Jacobite minority in the islands after the Revolution, 395.
James I., his covert attempt to force
the Anglican church on the islands, 366; the States remodelled during his reign, 520.
James II., his reign unimportant in the islands, 394.
James, Mr., his discovery of a fern in Guernsey, 182. Jerbourg Point, Guernsey, 47; defences
across it, 76, 429; cliffs at, 262. Jeremie, Mr. Peter, his assistance ac- knowledged, 519.
Jersey, its general outline and physical features, 8; high water at, 9; general account of, 91; climate of, 148; sun- set, view of, 157; geology of, 269; held by the French in the time of Henry VI., 363; more Anglicised than Guernsey in church matters under James I., 366; more loyal than parliamentary at commence- ment of Civil War, 367; French attack on, 398; cromlechs of, 412; language of, 440; derivation of its name, 452; soil of, 462; trade of, 506; constitution of States, 526; defective state of law courts, 535; militia of, 551; hotel accommoda- tion, 568; value of the pound cur- rency, 571; value of the pound weight, 573; local measures of, 575; revenue and debt of, 582. Jethou, account of, 68; disintegration
of rock there, 262; later history of, 405; soil of, 465. John, King, importance of his reign
in the Channel Islands, 354; the so- called constitution of, 355; change of episcopal allegiance during his reign, 365.
Johnson, Mr., his assistance acknow- ledged, 228.
Judael, his history connected with that of St. Sampson, 317.
Jurats, their office and appointment,
Kistvean, meaning of the term, 411. Kitchen garden produce in the islands, 477.
La Coupe, Jersey, 100.
La Crête, Jersey, 99, 272.
La Hague, Cape, near Alderney, 18. La Hougue Bie, Jersey, 120, 456. La Houle, Jersey, 104; veins near, 256. La Motte, or Green Island, Jersey, 97. Lamprey found in the Channel Island seas, 213.
L'Ancresse, Guernsey, 39; antiquities of, 413; quarries at, 503.
Land, nature of tenure in the islands, 473, 539; danger of purchasing it in the islands, 538.
Land and freshwater univalve shells of the Channel Islands, 216. Landes, les, Jersey, 109. Landing accommodation, 567.
Landing of Charles, Prince of Wales, in Jersey, 378.
Landing-place in Sark, no place to be
found that deserves the name, 71. Language, the key to the history of the Scandinavians, 332; of the islands, 431; specimens of, 440. 'L'Approbation des lois,' the work on the laws so called, 532. La Pule, Jersey, 109, 289. Larbalestier, Mr. C., his list of Jersey lichens, 189.
La Rocca, Jersey, 111.
Last changes on the earth, their nature illustrated in the Channel Islands, 249.
Latitude and longitude of Alderney, 19; of Guernsey, 36; of Jersey, 92. La Tour, Jersey, 102.
Laurel and Rose factions in Jersey, 549. Laws of the islands, whence derived, 531.
Leaf-cutter bee, its habits, 225. Leasehold tenure in the islands, 473. Le Cornu, Mr., his report on the agri- culture of the Channel Islands, 459. Le Couteur, Col., his identification of the Jersey pound weight, 573; of the Jersey gallon, 576.
Le Couteur, Mrs., her assistance ac- knowledged, 488.
Lefebvre, Col., assists Major Manby to quell a mutiny, 402.
Legal education, 545.
Legend, of La Hougue Bie, Jersey,
120, 455; of St. Sampson, 317; of St. Hilarius, 320; rarity of in the islands, 455.
Le Lievre, the Misses, their contribu- tions to the flora of Guernsey, 175, 192.
Le Lievre, Mr. P., his assistance ac- knowledged, 218, 220, 234, 235, 242. Le Mesurier family in Alderney, 30. Le Pelley family, once lords of Sark, 407. Lepidopterous insects of the Channel Islands, 226.
Le Rée Bay, Guernsey, 51.
Les Faucheurs rocks, on the Minquiers plateau, 123.
Les Landes, Jersey, 109. Les Mouriers, Jersey, 104. Les Thielles, Guernsey, veins at, 261. L'Etac, or le Tas, Jersey, 109. L'Etat, or le Tas. Sark, 73. Leti, colonists so called, 347. Library, public, in Jersey, 556. Lichens of Jersey and Guernsey, list of, 187.
Lieutenant-governor, his position in the islands, 523.
Lieutenant-governor of Jersey, claims important rights, 519.
Life, value of, in the islands, 579. Light-houses on or near the Channel
Islands, 17; on the Casquets Rocks, 33; on the Hanois Rocks, 50; on the Chaussey Islands, 130. Lihou Island, Guernsey, account of, 51; raised beach at, 280; history of, 405.
Lily, Guernsey, 499. Limitation of governor's powers in Guernsey attempted, 366. Limpet shells found in cromlechs, 415. Liquid measures in the islands, 576. 'Lit de fonaille' described, 546. Literature, scientific, of the islands, 260; general, 431.
Little Sark, 83; its worn appearance, 264. Liturgy, English, introduced into the islands during the reign of Edward VI., 364.
Litus Saxonicum, the northern coast of France, 342.
Livre tournois, its value, 573.
Llydaw, the Armoricans so called, 315. Lobster, fishery of, in the Chaussey Is- lands, 128; trade in Guernsey, 508. Lodgings in the islands, 568. Longitude, see LATITUDE.
Longueville manor house, Jersey, 120.
Lowland Scotch contains much Nor- wegian, 333.
Loyalty, a characteristic of the islanders, 13; not wanting at the Restoration, 373.
Lukis, Dr., his list of the mollusca of the islands, 214; his list of beetles, 221; his assistance acknowledged, 224, 229; his discovery of a synapta, 238; dredged fossil foraminifera off Guernsey, 296.
Lukis, Mr. F. C., his assistance acknow- ledged, 190, 206, 210, 234; his dis- covery of phyllosoma in Guernsey, 233; his papers on the geology of the Channel Islands, 260; his ac- count of Corban, 284; his notes on cromlechs, 414; remarks on ancient pottery, 415; notice of his museum, 555.
Lyster, Mr., G. F., his plans of har- bours-Guernsey, 41; Jersey, 95.
Maculloch, Dr., his paper on the Chan- nel Islands' geology, 260. Magloire, his history, 324.
Magnesia prevalent in the soil of the islands, 460.
Magnesian minerals, their abundance in the Channel Islands, 359. 'Maitresse Ile' of the Minquiers, 123. Mammalia of the islands, 201.
Manby, Major, quells a mutiny in Guernsey, 402.
Manners and customs of the islanders, 545.
Manorial courts, 547.
Manor houses, in Guernsey, 57, 547; in Jersey, 119, 547.
Manure, importance of, for island farm- ing, 465; quantity of vraic used as, 467.
Map, its use in teaching the geology of the islands, 256.
Marchmen, or Marcomanni, how re- ferred to, 345.
Marine univalve shells of the Channel Islands, 215.
Markets, public, 561.
Marsh plants of the Channel Islands, 179.
Martin, Mr., of Guernsey, his manu- Mollusca of the Channel Islands, 214. facture of arrowroot, 516. Martyrs, Protestant, during Mary's reign, 369.
Mary, religious persecutions in the is- lands in her reign, 364, 369. Massey Perrotine, a martyr during Queen Mary's reign, 369. Maximum and minimum temperatures of Guernsey, Jersey, and Greenwich, 140.
May, Mr., his remarks on the Alderney climate, 155; his assistance acknow- ledged, 213.
Mean annual and monthly temperature, of Guernsey, 135; of Jersey, 149. Means of communication with England and France, 563.
Measures of various kinds in use in the islands, 575.
Mechanical structure of crystalline rocks, 251.
Mechanics' Institutes in the islands, 555. Medlar, the fruit does not succeed in the islands, 487.
Menhirs, meaning of term, 411; view of, 420.
Metamorphic geology of the Channel Islands, 250.
Methodism in the islands, 404.
Metivier, Mr. G., his Rimes Guernési- aises quoted, 441.
Mica, vein of, in Jersey, 273. Military defences of Alderney, 23; of Guernsey, 59.
Military importance of the Channel Islands, 13.
Militia force, how constituted, 552. Mill Brook, Jersey, 118.
Mineralogy and Geology of the Channel Islands, 247, 276.
Minerals found in the islands, xii., 73, 297.
Monies in use in the islands, 571. Mont Mado, Jersey, granite of, 270, 505.
Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey, account of, 98; Prynne's account of, 371; view of, 372; surrenders to Blake, 386; view of gateway, 469. Mortgage, law of, 537.
Mosses of Guernsey and Jersey, 185. Moths of the Channel Islands, 226; comparison of species, 302.
Moulin Huet, Guernsey, 47, 55; caverns at, 262; fissure in, 291; view of, 483.
Mount Sorrel granite compared with that of Guernsey, 502. Mouriers, les, Jersey, 104.
Moye Point, Guernsey, notice of, 48; hard rock forms the headland, 262. Moye Point, Jersey, 113.
Mulberry, cultivation of, in the islands, 487.
Mullet, red and grey, caught off Guern- sey, 212.
Museums, excellent, in Guernsey, 555. Musical societies in Jersey, 557.
Mutiny in Guernsey among the Irish, 402.
Myriapodous insects of Jersey, 230.
Naftel, Mr., his delineation of Guernsey scenery, 52.
Names, importance of, in learning the
history of old places, 311.
Names of Channel Island groups, 16; absent in the Norse sagas, 335. Names of the dukes of Normandy, gothic origin of, 339, 451.
Nant, Mr., his list of Guernsey apples, 488.
Natural history of the Channel Islands, 10, 163.
Naval battle fought off Guernsey in the reign of Edward III., 359. Needles of rock, 289.
Neo-Druidism, system of, 422. Neuropterous insects of Jersey, 225. Neutrality, account of the privilege of, in the islands, 358, 396.
Niche in St. Peter Port Church, Guern- sey, 541. Nightingale very rare in the Channel Islands, 205.
Noirmont Tower, Jersey, 114.
Norman, meaning of the name, 328.
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