348 SI'. PETEU-POIJT IN r.VCOXE TIMES. 



would be blown away. In 1790 boys could run from Clifton 

 over the Fallaise into High-street, and there were only six 

 houses along the country road from Lord De Saumarez's town 

 House (St. Paul's chapel now occupies the site) to the Aumone. 

 The history of the transformation of the sea-front from the 

 construction of the first coal ({uay in 1780* to the comple- 

 tion of the New Harbour, which has been the means of raising 

 the island to its present pitch of prosperity, w^ould reveal an 

 amount of public spirit and enterprise rarely to be met with in 

 a small community ; it would help to perpetuate the memory 

 of the leading patriots of those days, who overcame the habitual 

 laisser faire of their fellow-countrymen persuaded them to 

 embark on this immense undertaking and carried it through 

 with beneficial results, which greatly exceeded the utmost 

 expectation of the most sanguine among them. 



* In April 1774, the States accepted the offer of the owners of the property,— 

 "Depuis la Chausee dii Nord jusqu'a la Rue des Vaches de batir a leur frais un 

 quai vers ledit havre, et de faire remplir et paver bien et compl^tement aussi k leur 

 frais le lieu oti est le Pilory et le terrain y joignant a certaines conditions." 



