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small Campanuln something like the Harebell, the Deptford 

 Pink {Diantlms armeria), and the little yellow Lathjrus aphaca. 

 Bii-ds were rather scarce, one of the commonest being the 

 Magpie, much tamer than in this country ; it seemed to 

 take the place of the Eook, which we scarcely ever saw. 

 Goldfinches and Cirl Buntings were also common. Other 

 birds noted were the Curlew, and perhaps the Cormorant. 

 We were told that the Golden Oriole bred sometimes in a 

 wood near St. Servan. During the month we saw about 

 fifty species of birds in France. 



On August 20th we paid a visit to Jersey, stopping there 

 three nights. On the passage two very distinct rainbows 

 were seen continuously in the spray around the bows. As 

 our time was so short, we confined ourselves almost entirely 

 to the western half of the island, which is the more interesting. 

 Jersey is twelve miles by six. No part reaches a great 

 elevation, though it is all hilly. The rocks are mostly 

 igneous, and form fine cliffs. On some inaccessible parts of 

 these cliffs there is a colony of Goats, which have escaped and 

 returned to a wild state. We visited two large quarries of the 

 granite, of which much of Jersey is composed. At St. Bre- 

 lade's Bay there is a deep fissure in the rock, only about five 

 feet wide, which leads into a cave said to be about a mile long. 

 The south side of the island is extremely fertile and warm, 

 owing partly to the fact that a range of hills runs along the 

 north side E. and W., and rich soil is carried down their 

 southern slope by numerous little streams. The steep northei*n 

 face of these hills is heath-clad, and very wild and unculti- 

 vated ; in fact, scarcely a house can be seen for miles. The 

 west coast of Jersey seems to produce most wild flowers. In 

 the centre of St. Ouen's Bay is a large fresh-water pond 

 surrounded with sand-hills. On a walk thither from St. 

 Aubin's we found the following plants : — Echium plcmtagineum 

 (or violaceum) in abundance, the yellow Wood Sorrel {Oxalis 

 corniculata), the Tree Mallow {Lavatera arborea), FAiphorhia 

 Lathyris and Parolias, the diminutive Piosa spinosissima, then 

 in berry, which covered the ground in some places ; the 

 Autumnal Squill, with a white variety ; Silene nutans, in seed. 



