254 THE ISLAND OF JERSEY. 



the common beverage of the people, and not more 

 than two thousand hogsheads are exported to En- 

 gland. 



The quantity of cider exported from the 6th of 

 July, 1834, to the 6th of July, 1835, according to 

 the custom-house returns, amounts to 326,162 im- 

 perial gallons, making together 5,436 hogsheads. 

 Potatoes and Apples also form an important part of 

 the exportations to England, the quantity of which 

 is thus given in the returns : — 

 Potatoes, 1,396 Tons. 

 Apples, 284,233 Imperial Bushels. 



The quantity of Corn exported during the same 

 period has been only 3,306 Imperial quarters. 

 There is also abundance of pears, of which the 

 chaumontelle is in highest repute, and is cultivated 

 with much care. 



The private gardens produce peaches and apricots, 

 of great size and beauty, with strawberries of supe- 

 rior quality. From the mildness of the climate, and 

 the genial nature of the soil, these fruits are all of 

 the finest flavour ; most of the common forest trees 

 grow in the island, but they are not raised in any 

 considerable numbers, and are generally stunted in 

 growth. 



The horses are small, strong, and hardy ; but 

 little attention being paid to the breeding or feeding 

 of them, they are fitter for the yoke than the saddle. 

 The cows are of the Alderney breed, and are much 

 esteemed in England for the quality of their milk 

 and the flavour of their beef. The number of cows 

 and hiefers exported to England in the period, from 

 the 6th. July, 1834, to the 5th. July, 1835, amount- 

 ed to 1,362 heads. 



Of noxious animals the weasel and the mole are 

 the principal, and it has been remarked as a curious 

 circumstance, that toads of unusual size are found 

 in Jersey, whilst the air of Guernsey proves at once 

 destructive to them. It contains also abundance of 



