20 Dr. Mac Culloch's Account of Guernsey^ 



of Guernsey : it is equally well watered, but being better sheltered 

 and of more extent eastward, is far more productive of trees. 



The cliffs which form its northern shore are in general about an 

 hundred feet in height, though in many places they attain twice that 

 elevation. The whole of this side is indented by small coves and 

 bays. The western, southern, and part of the eastern sides, are 

 formed of shelving shores, and wide sandy bays, separated by high 

 rocks. Sundry rocks are dispersed round these coasts. On the 

 northern side of the island lies a large and long ridge stretching east 

 and v/est, consisting of the Paternostres,the Dirouilles, and the Ecreho. 

 The depth of the sea is more variable round Jersey than round any 

 of the other islands, there being many banks and shoals about it. 



In a general view the whole of the liigh and northern tract may 

 be said to consist of granitic rock, and the southern and flatter part of 

 the island of a mass of schistus incumbent on it. The high rocks 

 which stretch away to sea all round Jersey seem to be of granitic 

 formation. 



The Bay of St. Ouen is a large flat sandy tract occupying the 

 whole western side of the island, and bounded by a ridge of 

 sienitic rock, of which species all the granite of Jersey appears to 

 be. A few rocks of grauwacke schist are seen emerging from the 

 sand. This coast is subject to a sandy inundation, but it does not 

 appear to spread rapidly : no precautions are taken to prevent it. 



The ridge I have been describing terminates at the Corbiere, in 

 an assemblage of rocks which stem the current of the Atlantic 

 tide, forming a rapid and boisterous sea about this point, well 

 knov>An to seamen. From here to St. Aubyn's we find a succession 

 of points formed of the same rock, their sides being every where 

 covered with schistus. The castles of St. Aubyn and Elizabeth 

 are built on similar rocks. 



