S Dr. Mac Culloch's Account of Guernsey. 



This island is of a triangular shape, its extreme length being seven 

 and a half miles, and its greatest breadth about four. Its gross circuit 

 is twenty-one miles. 



The inclination of the land bears some resemblance to that of 

 Alderney, as it is elevated to the south, and shelves towards the 

 north. The southern coast is bounded by high cliffs, which also 

 extend along part of the eastern coast. The remainder of the eastern 

 and the northern sides, consists of a series of flat bays, divided by 

 interposed ridges of high rocks. 



The whole island is readily divided by a line drawn from the 

 Town to Pezeries. To the north of this imaginary boundary is a 

 level tract, interrupted only by cairns and rocky hillocks. And in 

 this tract is an inundation of about sixty years standing, which 

 covers three hundred acres ; but whether this has arisen from any 

 change in the level of the sea, or the failure of some natural barrier 

 does not appear. It is quite dry long before the time of low water.* 



To the south of the line I have supposed, the country forms a 

 higher stratum, or stair, but every where intersected by narrow 

 vallies and deep glens, of which the direction is exceedingly various. 

 The high cliffs which bound this southern tract are continuous, 

 with the exception of two or three narrow coves, the mouths of 

 small vallies intersecting the high land. 



On this part of the coast there are but few detached rocks ; the 

 northern shore is beset with them. 



The Island of Guernsey is almost entirely of granitic formation, 

 the southern division consisting entirely of gneiss, and the rocks 

 which form the northern part exibiting various kinds of granite or 

 granitel. 



To descend to a mere particular description, the rock on which 



* Since this paper was written, the tiact in qucsfion has Ijccii drained a;icl embanked. 



