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another poem deals with the Spanish Armada. Mr. Bibby 

 pointed out that the registers go back to 1587. He thought 

 it a pity that some public authority did not have them copied, 

 as had been done with similar ancient documents in Jersey. 



The leather offertory cups, the only ones of the kind in 

 use in the island, were shown by Mr. Bibby, as well as some 

 of the old cannon balls still kept in the church under a seat, 

 relics of the time when each church was used for the storage 

 of the parish cannon and ammunition. Mr. Bibby said that 

 he had seen a plan on which a place for a gun was shown at 

 the Hougue Fouque. There were possibly people who could 

 still remember the gun being fired in the churchyard on 

 special occasions. The small building at the north-eastern end 

 of the Church was, he thought, built to accommodate the 

 cannon. Mr. Carey Curtis said he thought this was formerly 

 a charnel house. 



The building of the Church in three parts, as indicated 

 by the arches and pillars, was explained by Mr. Carey Curtis, 

 and the tracery of the windows discussed. An old chantry 

 chapel on the south side is now used as a vestry. Attention 

 was also drawn to the ancient " tronc" or poor box. 



Most of the members of the party afterwards ascended 

 the stone spiral stair to the top of tha tower, which is one of 

 the finest church towers in Guernsey. The three bells are 

 dated 1680. 



The crosses on the gables of St. Saviour's Church are 

 said to be the only ones that were not knocked off at the time 

 of the Reformation. 



In the churchyard an inspection was made of the cist 

 found covered with earth about twenty years ago and set up 

 alongside the wall. The visitors were also shown the three 

 stones on which the principals of one of the ancient fief 

 courts sat when these assemblies were held. 



After leaving the Church the party, under the direction 

 of Mr. Collenette, walked through the valley and to the top 

 of some of the hills. Mr. Collenette pointed out the evidences 

 of glaciation in the shape of the valleys and the smoothing 

 of the stone outcrops on the hills. He also drew attention to 

 the fact that when a level of three hundred feet above the sea 

 is reached here the land will be found to be flat, pointing out 

 this phenomenon in a large field at the highest level reached. 

 Mr. Collenette on this and other points spoke instructively of 

 the geology of Guernsey. 



After an excellent tea at Durman's the party drove or 

 cycled back to town. 



