14 The Guernsey Breed 



Guernsey has the best harbor of all the islands, and the 

 largest ocean-going liners and battleships can enter, but not 

 without the assistance of a local pilot, for the passages are 

 extremely dangerous. Scarcely a day goes by in summer 

 that one or more private yachts belonging to some American 

 or English visitor may not be seen in the harbor. 



Guernsey and Jersey's freight, passenger, and mail ser- 

 vice with Great Britain is all that could be desired. One 

 may leave London on any of three evenings of the week, at 

 about 9:30 on the London & South Western Railroad, take 

 ship at Southampton soon after midnight, and be in Guernsey 

 at seven and in Jersey at 10 in the morning. On the alternate 

 three nights of the week one may leave on the Great Western 

 Railroad and embark at Weymouth at 2 :30 a. m. and arrive 

 at Guernsey at 7 a. m. This is also the usual schedule of 

 winter service. In the summer one may also leave London 

 any morning on the Great Western Railroad and arrive in 

 Guernsey in time for the evening dinner. These steamship 

 lines are owned by two railway companies, and return tickets 

 are good on either route. Besides the steam mail packets, 

 each railway company runs freight vessels, almost as large, 

 every day or two, as the service requires. There is also a 

 regular line of steamships running from Guernsey to London 

 direct. 



A very interesting system of signals on flag staffs on 

 Castle Cornet and on the grounds of Fort George notifies 

 the islanders when a mail boat from England or Jersey is 

 in sight or is at the wharf. 



Traffic between the islands is also carried on by small 

 steamers. The boats go from Guernsey to Alderney on Tues- 

 day morning, going on to Cherbourg, France, Tuesday after- 

 noon, and return by the same route on Wednesday. The 

 same voyage is made on Saturday and Sunday, and on Thurs- 

 day they go over and back on the same day. A trip is made 

 from Guernsey to Sark at least once a week, and during the 

 summer season excursion boats run once a week to the Island 

 of Herm. 



Herm is about one and one-half miles long and three- 

 fourths of a mile wide, and is rented of the Eno-lish govern- 

 ment by Prmce Blucher of Germany for a summer home On 

 the eastern side of this island is a very beautiful shell beach 

 which is the attraction for summer visitors and is the only 

 spot on the island that tourists are allowed to visit. This 

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