THE CHANNEL ISLANDS 



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Photograph by E. F. Guiton 



THE PEOPLE OF JERSEY BEING ADVISED OF THE PASSAGE OF A NEW LAW 



On market day, in the royal square, the senior "denonciateur," or sheriff, in his robe of office, 

 "publishes" the newly passed law by reading it aloud. 



no more of Germany and Germans than 

 that a German prince had rented Herm 

 from the Crown for some twenty-five 

 years, and that a German band periodic- 

 ally visited these shores. 



THE ISLANDERS RALLIED FOR THE 

 WORLD WAR 



But the old patriotism blazed forth un- 

 dimmed. In the states houses of all the 

 islands it was decided that the old privi- 

 leges should voluntarily be put in abey- 

 ance ; that the island militias, after seven 

 hundred years of voluntary service, 

 should be disbanded, and that the island- 

 ers should be enrolled in England's arm- 

 ies "for service beyond the seas." 



Jersey, with its wooded valleys, its 

 winding lanes, overarched with foliage ; 

 •its orchards, its miles of glistening sand, 

 its quaint old churches and picturesque 

 granite farmhouses, and dominated al- 

 ways by the magnificent ruins of Mont 

 Orgueil Castle, gives the impression of 

 unbounded prosperity and fertility. Its 

 lands having been owned always by a 

 race of peasant proprietors, the country 

 shows that it has been cultivated for its 



own sake by men who loved it and not 

 by hirelings. 



Naturally enough, so much beauty has 

 bred a race of artists, the most famous 

 being Monamy, Le Capelain, Jean the 

 miniaturist, Ouless, Sir John Millais, and 

 at the present day Messrs. Lander, Le 

 Maistre, and Blampied. 



Guernsey, alas, is spoiled, from a scenic 

 standpoint, by miles of greenhouses and 

 acres of quarries. But its cliffs and bays 

 are magnificent, and Moulin Huet is per- 

 haps the most lovely spot in the islands. 

 There are still to be found some wooden 

 walks and lanes, old stone walls and 

 arched gateways, which are as yet un- 

 marred by the utilitarian demands of 

 modern agriculture and industry. 



VICTOR HUGO WROTE THREE FAMOUS 

 NOVELS IN GUERNSEY 



Saint Peter Port, built on the side of a 

 hill, retains a certain amount of its for- 

 mer picturesqueness ; it is traversed by a 

 curious succession of long granite stair- 

 ways, and, with its high red-roofed 

 houses, has a foreign appearance — "Cau- 

 debec sur les epaules de Harfleur,'' as 



