THE GUERNSEY BREED 



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married in and buried from these same roomss These parish 

 churches now, of course, belong to the established church of 

 England, but all sorts of dissenters have their churches on 

 the island as well, with services in both English and French. 

 The people of Guernsey are largely of French descent, 

 and English and patois, called Guernsey French, are spoken 

 by nearly every one of the islanders. A few cannot speak 

 English, but the Guernsey people are very loyal to England, 

 and English is gradually superseding French as the language 

 of the majority. The people are hospitable, and, while they 



The vale mill. 



may seem a bit distant to strangers at first, as soon as they 

 find that one is "all right" nothing they have is too good for 

 one. 



The population of the island is nearly 45,000, and con- 

 sidering that the island contains- only 24 square miles, one 

 may readily see that it is almost as densely populated as 



