Guernsey pictorial directory and stranger's guide : $b embellished with numerous wood-cuts — John Shaqi
Guernsey pictorial directory and stranger's guide : $b embellished with numerous wood-cutsBellamy, Thomas, of Guernsey
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Guernsey pictorial directory and stranger's guide : $b embellished with numerous wood-cuts
Bellamy, Thomas, of Guernsey
Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- Guidebooks
[B] According to a memorandum dated Nov. 19, 1841, the author
has:--"Shot a quail in a sand field behind Mr De Lisle's house,
Grande Rocque, which on opening had its crop full of cress seed,
with a few berries of the common nightshade. From this it would
seem they are fond of hot seeds and poisonous berries. Also killed
three terns at one shot on my passage to Herm in a boat, which are
rare kind of birds."
[C] In a memorandum dated the 10th Nov., 1842, I find my old cat
"Pinkey" caught a fine woodcock down near a little straw built
duckery on the margin of a brook over-run with trees, osiers, and
willows. This to the sportsman may appear remarkably strange, and
tend to convince him that woodcocks are not over and above scarce
here.
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_Boarding Houses and Lodgings._--Lodgings may be obtained in various parts
of the town from 8s. to 15s. per week, and in the most enviable situations
they hardly ever exceed 1l. Country lodgings adequate to the former may be
obtained at about 8s. to 12s. per week, in which there is the excellent
advantage of being able to obtain fresh cream and butter. Lewis's Boarding
House, Glatney, and Shore's Commercial one, High-street, with one or two
others, are the principal. Terms from 15s. to 2l. per week, which of course
will be comprehended according to the style of accommodation, as the
cheapest spot in the world may be abused by an unnecessary suit of
apartments and superfluous living.
Lewis's Boarding House is pleasantly situated, fronting the sea, and
commands an extensive prospect of the adjacent Isles and France, as also
all vessels in and out of the harbour. It is a commodious building, having
a numerous suit of rooms, which are airy and spacious, and might
accommodate some fifteen or twenty families with ease and comfort. On the
top is a kind of rotunda, which is a cool retreat in the heat of summer, as
there is always a breeze from the channel; here the visitor, with a
telescope, if the weather is clear, can plainly distinguish the houses of
France and Jersey. At the back of the house are excellent gardens abounding
with fruit and flowers.
[Illustration: Lewis's Boarding House.]
_Boatmen._--By late regulations respecting these, every boatman is bound to
have the number of his boat painted outside on each bow, and inside on the
stern; he is also bound to give the Harbour-Master a correct list of his
boat's crew, under a penalty of 14 livres tournois. Passengers are limited
to
6 for a Boat from 14 to 18 feet long.
8 for a Boat from 18 to 22 feet long.
10 for a Boat from 22 to 26 feet long.
12 for a Boat from 26 feet and upwards.
No boat under fourteen feet in length is allowed to take passengers from
the pier to the roads, or from the roads to the pier; under a penalty of 14
livres tournois for each passenger.
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