192 OUR INSULAR DIALECT. 



honoured classical dialect used by the Romancers of from the 

 10th! to the 14th centuries, and that it is of much greater 

 antiquity than either English or French. 



I am not so conservative as to wish to enforce its being 

 taught in our schools, or used in our courts of law, but I do 

 consider it worthy of preservation and careful study. 



