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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Alfred Dobree 



SAUSMAREZ MANOR, THE GUERNSEY HOME OF SIR EDMUND 



ANDROS 



''One of the few Guernseymen who remained loyal to the Stuarts 

 was Sir Edmund Andros. " Brave, capable, and energetic, he was 

 made Governor General of the Province of New York in 1674 and 

 Governor-in-Chief of New England in 1686. In 1692 he was made 

 Governor of Virginia and all the American Colonies, and wrote his 

 name in American history both for good and ill" (see text, page 151)- 



Guernsey, to go on a voiage with him to New- 

 found Lande for fishe. And also, at the ear- 

 nest intreatie of my goode friende. Mr. John 

 Hopton of Southampton, have given leave for 

 ten men and two boys more to go the same 

 voyage with Isaiah Berney, Merchant. There- 

 fore I pray you lett them pass if they be will- 

 inge. And so with my heartie commendagons 

 I bidd you farewell. 

 "Att Court. The 10th March, 1594. 

 "Your very loveing Friende. 



"Thomas Leightox. 



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Every one who could 

 afford it took out let- 

 ters of marque, and 

 rich prizes of men-of- 

 war, and merchantmen 

 from every country 

 with Avhom England 

 was at war — France, 

 Spain, the Nether- 

 lands, and "the Re- 

 bellious Colonies of 

 America" — were 

 towed triumphantly 

 into Channel Island 

 harbors, until Burke 

 declared in the Eng- 

 lish Parliament that 

 "so formidable was 

 their enmity and so 

 valuable the assistance 

 they had rendered to 

 England, that they 

 were almost entitled 

 to be called one of the 

 naval powers of the 

 world." 



It was not until the 

 Declaration of Paris 

 in 1856, when the 

 nations of Europe 

 agreed that "privateer- 

 ing is and remains 

 abolished," that the 

 hunting of treasure- 

 ships ceased to be a 

 licensed form of sport. 



The latter days of 

 the nineteenth century 

 were marked by peace 

 and prosperity for all 

 the islands. In Jer- 

 sey potato farming 

 brought great wealth 

 to the inhabitants ; in 

 quarries and tomato 

 the island's 



marring 



"To my very 

 mv lieutente in 



loveinge Friende. Peter Carey, 

 Guernsey." 



Guernse\ 

 houses, though 

 former picturesqueness and beauty, have 

 increased its riches. The dairymen of 

 Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney have so 

 increased and improved their breeds of 

 cattle that these are in demand every- 

 where and are exported to the ends of 

 the earth. 



Among these peaceful fishermen and 

 farmers came like a crash the thunder- 

 bolt of war. The maioritv of them knew 



