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The Guernsey Breed 



The farm house, "Grande Capelles," Guernsey. The date over tiie doorway gives 

 the year when the Robin family moved in, not when the house was built. 



pottery, arms and cooking utensils found there. He later 

 established the museum that now bears his name, which is 

 open to the public. It contains a large and interesting col- 

 lection of these antiquities. 



Perhaps the chief place of interest to visitors is the home 

 of Victor Hugo, who lived here while exiled from France. 

 The house is still owned by the family and is open part of 

 each day to visitors who wish to view the interior. The home 

 of Victor Hugo has additional interest to lovers of antique 

 furniture because it is filled with the choicest specimens of 

 old English styles. It was here that Hugo wrote the book 

 "Les Miserables." If one desires to read a book that is not 

 only a beautiful and fascinating story but which also contains 

 wonderful nature descriptions and from which he will learn 

 much concerning the customs of the people of- the island, he 

 will surely be interested in reading Hugo's "Toilers of the 

 Sea." Nearly every shop on Guernsey ofifers it for sale in 

 editions from 6d up. 



The homes of the island are nearly all built of stone, 

 bjjck, tile, or cement, with many of the older ones still having 

 thatched roofs. The more modern ones have roofs of slate 

 tile, cement, or asbestos shingles. Many of the farmers are 

 freeholders and the farms are handed down from o-eneration 



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