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The Channel Islands. 14! ' Our time came for saying good-bye to Jersey. We left rather sooner than we had intended, because on a certain day a boat left at 10 a.m. for Weymouth, and all other days the Southampton boat left at half- “past seven. This necessitated getting up in the dark, and turning out in the cold: an unpleasant alternative one avoids when possible. It was an exquisite morning, warm as summer. Never had the sea been more placid. Not a breath stirred its surface. The tide was not high, and the steamer lay outside the harbour. We had to reach it in a small boat, and were amused at the agonies of a lady whose box had not turned up, and who refused to budge an inch without her treasure. The boatmen offered to make a second journey for it, which only made her yet more frantic. At length it appeared, i a a — - BS ssquzeaza20s3tsQsGReeaenaais A Sr ic == : site eT ——_ =sea ee ee = ST. AUBYN’'S Bay. and turned out large enough to contain Jumbo, and very nearly drowned us all. But at last we were safely on board the little paddle boat, and soon after ten o’clock she set sail. As on approaching, so now in leaving we steered near to, and traced the rocky coast, but with greater interest and with a more intimate acquaintance. We had cause to leave it with regret, for our days there had been days of unalloyed pleasure. H. fondly looked down at some of our luggage under the bridge, where reposed our cabbage stalks in all their ugliness and all their pride. Mementoes certainly, but the least interesting part of Jersey ; libels, in fact, upon the island. We were now on our way to Guernsey. But there is a time and place for all things. ‘The end of a day’s march is the season for repose ; and the end of a paper cannot be made the introduction to fresh ground. Guernsey must wait until next month, and it can afford to bide its time. ECORNIELXOC CS (E©)