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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    St. Peter Port afforded from this spot gives the spectator a good general idea of the extent and character of the town. The town has four churches: the interestins: old parish church near the sea; and a new pro- prietary church, called St. James’s, near Eliza- beth College; and the district churches of St. John the Evangelist, and the Holy Trinity. It is a populous town, and contains a considerable number of houses occupied by the higher classes. The inequality of the surface on which it is built makes it of a very unsymmetrical charac- ter ; nor, indeed, does any settled design appear to have been adopted in the erection of its streets and houses. Many of them are of very ancient date, and being built of granite show little indications of decay. The streets are nar- row, and awkward in their arrangement, but a good trade exists among the various shops. The fish and meat-markets are structures of considerable size and importance. There is also a gaol, and a hospital which combines the advan- tages of an infirmary and of an asylum for aged and destitute persons. It is perfectly easy to make the tour of this island on foot, and its insular character is con- stantly presented to the mind of the tourist in so doing, since from almost every point the sea is visible, and a walk of a few miles brings him