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after having vanquished the reptile, suddenly bethought himself of 
monopolizing the glory of the action. Instigated by this foul am- 
bition, he assassinated his lord, and, returning to Normandy, pro- 
mulgated a fictitious narrative of the encounter ; and, to further 
his iniquitous views, presented a forged letter, which he said had 
been written by De Hambye to his widow, just before his death, 
enjoining her to reward his faithful servant, by accepting him as 
her second husband. MReverence for the last injunction of her de- 
ceased lord, induced the lady to obey, and she was united to his 
murderer. But the exultation of the homicidal slave was of short 
duration. His sleep was disturbed by horrid dreams; and at 
length, in one of his nightly paroxysms, he disclosed the extent of 
his villany. On being arrested and questioned, he made a full 
confession, and was tried, found guilty, and publicly executed. De 
Hambye’s widow, in memory of her lord, caused a tumulus of earth 
to be raised on the spot where he was buried ; and on the summit 
she built a chapel, with a tower so lofty, as to be visible from her 
own mansion at Coutances. 
So much for the fable. As to the word Hogwe, there are several 
places in Jersey called Hougues, which are always situated on a 
rising ground. The word has evidently originated from the German 
hoch, from which is derived our English high, A hougue, there- 
- fore, means a mound or hillock, and in the present instance, the 
addition of bye is obviously a contraction cf Hambye ; and, in ac- 
cordance with the foregoing tradition, means literally the barrow 
or tomb of the Seigneur de Hambye. 
The chapel at la Hogue is said to have been rebuilt in imitation 
of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, by one of the popish deans of 
Jersey, in the reign of Henry VIII. La Hogue-bye remained for 
many years in a dilapidated state, till about 1790, when the late 
Admiral d’Auvergne, a native of Jersey, better known under his 
French title of Duke of Bouillon, became its owner by purchase, 
and hence it obtained its present name. At his death, in 1816, it 
was purchased by the late lieutenant-governor, Lieutenant-Gene- 
ral Sir Hugh Mackay Gordon, whose heirs afterwards sold it to 
Francis le Breton, Esq. to whom it now belongs. 
The most prominent object in the noble paneramic view from 
the top of Prince’s Tower, is a huge fortress on the eastern side of 
the island, called the Castle of Mont Orgueil. It crests a lofty 
conical reck, that forms the northern headland of Grouville Bay, 
and looks dewn, like a grim giant, on the subjacent strait. The 
fortifications encircle the cone in picturesque tiers, and the apex of 
the mountain shoots up in the centre of them, as high as the flag- 
staff, which is in fact planted upon it. During war a strong gar- 
rison constantly occupied Mont Orgueil, but now a corporal and 
two privates of artillery composed the whole military force. ‘The 
corporal, a quiet intelligent man, who spoke with much horror of 
paying a visit to the West Indies, which, in the mutations of his 
professional life, he had a prospect of doing at no distant period, act- 
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