Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist.

Date:
[1855?]
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Credit: Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ever, of little present value as a fortress, the whole bay being commanded by Fort Kegent, At about half ebb tide the sea leaves these rocks, and there is then a free passage from the town to the castle, which is called the bridge. This is a natural causeway formed by the con- • fluence of the tides, and is useful as a medium ■ of communication with the land. At the opposite side of the bay is another, but much smaller for- - tification, sometimes called St. Aubin’s Castle. Both these castles are built upon schistose rock.. The peculiar ruggedness of this rock gives a sin- ■ gular appearance to the bay as it is entered by the traveller, and suggests a number of Avild; and fantastic forms. The bays of St. Clementes, Grouville, andl St. Catherine’s, lie on the south-eastern and! eastern coasts of Jersey. Like that of St.. Aubin’s, St. Clement’s and Grouville Bays have low sandy shores, but the waters beyond are. thickly studded with rocks. A somewhat poe- • tical description of this part of the coast oft Jersey has been given by Dr. Flees:—“When ■■ the tide rises to its full height, the view presents - a most picturesque scene, exliibiting a multitude of islets issuing from their green limpid bed, and seeming: to invite the incautious mariner to | approach this attractive archipelago. But wo ' to the stranger thus allured,—for as the flood (