. Annals of some of the British Norman isles constituting the bailiwick of Guernsey : as collected from private manuscripts, public documents and former historians. her handsome nor laige, but they aie hardworkers. The hogs of the island are generally very long legged,like the French, and of large growth; many of them whenfat weigliing upwards of 4001bs. The Lord has the whole ofthe tithes; every tenth sheaf of com, but no tithes are paid forpigs, potatoes, parsnips, turnips, or for hay. * The author having submitted his manuscript to a gentleman, hewrote under this passage this following ques
. Annals of some of the British Norman isles constituting the bailiwick of Guernsey : as collected from private manuscripts, public documents and former historians. her handsome nor laige, but they aie hardworkers. The hogs of the island are generally very long legged,like the French, and of large growth; many of them whenfat weigliing upwards of 4001bs. The Lord has the whole ofthe tithes; every tenth sheaf of com, but no tithes are paid forpigs, potatoes, parsnips, turnips, or for hay. * The author having submitted his manuscript to a gentleman, hewrote under this passage this following question : To whom elseshould they belong ? If the gentleman wrote it for the purpose ofhaving an answer, I would say, certainly to the Seigneur by his pa-tent ; but if we believe Seldon, Blackstone, and other writers ontitlies, that, when first established, they were divided into four parts,one to maintain the edifice of the Church, the second for the supportof the poor, the third for the Bishops, and the fourth for the pa-rochial Clergy, it is clear that the tithes are very far from beingappropriated to the purposes of the original grant or intcutiou. — ^ ^ , Si \ -s) 1 -I CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS. 91 CHAPTER IV. Besides the natural bridge before mentioned, there are se-veral other parts of the island of Sark deserving the attentionof strangers. If the visitor did not land at the chief entranceof Havre or Port de Creux, as described in Chapter I, heshould visit that in the first instance, after having descendedthrough the archway of about twenty-five yards to the newpier. The next best point of taking a view of the harbour, isfrom the top of the hill, more particularly so while the pas-sengers are landing from the boats. He will then bend hissteps towards LEperquerie, the northern part of the island;then verging on the downs towards the west, he will nave afine view of rock scenery on the north side of Port du ^loulin,to which place he should afterwards descend. When lialf
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