Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist.

Date:
[1855?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    schools were established, and divine service was regularly attended. They have, however, lately been relinquished; the quarries are deserted, numbers of houses—some of which in the midst of their desolation look strangely, adorned with such titles as “ Hyde Park Corner ”—are vacant; the population consists of a few fishermen and their families, and the island is resorted to only -occasionally by the conchologist or the traveller. In Guernsey extensive quarries of the same kind of granite are still in operation. These lie on the flat northern coast of the, island, and yield much stone for exportation to London. It is said that a former quarryman at these quarries raised himself in London to the dignity of 1 Lord Mayor by his persevering industry and knowledge of the qualities of the stone, and of the island. There are several varieties of . granite raised, some more, some less ornamental in their character. In Jersey, the celebrated quarries of Mont ' Mado have long yielded most valuable stone for architectural purposes. The rock is granitic in its character, but differs in some respects from that of Herm and Guernsey. It naturally separates into distinct masses, forming blocks of considerable size, more or less prismatic in