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day. This is Sunday, and the First day of the week. You 

 cant find, anywhere, a command to turn number one into 

 number seven. Get out." 



He got out, and went to consult his minister. I trust some 

 good may result from this interview. If so, I shall claim to 

 be the Apostle of the Guernseymen. 



But O for one month of French taste in this Holyweil- 

 Street-in-the-Sea sort of island ! Why, instead of the 

 measly, dingy place it is now, it would be the gem of the 

 Ocean, bright with colours, flags, flowers, and uniforms ; 

 and its market, artistically decorated, might be a sight 

 unequalled in Europe. At present, Golden Square, after 

 a three days' soaking rain, is a more cheerful place than 

 this dreary isle of Guernsey. Let any spirited proprietor, 

 undertake the Dictatorship of Guernsey. Under an en- 

 lightened and energetic rule, Guernsey, as Italy is the 

 Garden of Europe, might become the Tea-Garden of Eng- 

 land. But any change must be for the better. 



Is there no Society for the Propagation of Good Taste in 

 Foreign Parts that would take up this subject ? 



At Southampton we felt ourselves once more on thoroughly 

 British soil, and of course, at what is reckoned the best 

 Hotel in the place, could only be regaled with "gravy soup, 

 sole (fried or boiled), chops or a steak. Sir, yes, Sir ; " and 

 then the next morning we saw the truly British Bill. We 

 had been gradually prepared for this, as the Hotels in Jersey 

 and Guernsey are far from cheap, and the (except you choose 

 a French one, which, out of France, is absurd) fare there is 

 only choppy-and-steak>', after all. 



