10 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 



may revert to the peculiar and important principle, so 

 long lost sight of, which places breed beyond bulk, and 

 was contemplated in the old adage that says — 



" The cow to breed, 

 The ox to feed." 



We shall now give, from the best authorities, sketches 

 of 



THE HISTORY AND HOME OF THE JERSEY COW. ' 



In "Appleton's Journal" for January i, 1870, is the 

 following interesting description of 



The Channel Islands. — '' In a deep bay of the north- 

 west coast of France, opposite to the centre of the 

 south coast of England, lies a cluster of rocky islets, 

 but little visited by the outlying world, and but lately 

 brought to the cognizance of the great brotherhood of 

 literature by becoming the retreat whence the indignant 

 soul of Victor Hugo has poured forth its warnings and 

 its thunders. 



"They are Interesting from their peculiar position, 

 geographically, historically and artistically ; and, from 

 the fact of the principal one of them having given a 

 name to the city and State which bids fair to rival the 

 maritime metropolis of the United States, they deserve 

 more than a passing notice. 



''Only four of them are inhabited : Sark, by one family 

 and their dependents ; Alderney, by the Government 

 officers of the Harbor of Refuge and a few fishermen ; 

 Guernsey, by a thriving seafaring population ; and 

 Jersey, by one of the most complete colonies of small 



