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The Channel Islands. 217 those who keep the shops, too much praise cannot be given. Polite- ness and civility are their passwords. Whether you invest a hundred pence or a hundred pounds you are treated with a certain deference and dignity at once flattering to your self-respect and establishing a feeling of goodwill towards those who thus dispense their wares to the public. The description given of the shop-keepers of Scotland might be applied to those of Guernsey: “They all seem in their own particular way to be ladies and gentlemen.” But the Guernsey people have a softness and gentleness of manner the stronger temperaments of the north have not thought it neces- sary to cultivate. They are very confiding, too, and if you, an utter i ht ttt \ i ly | | ; | iI! |! it | HUE hy ' PM } i | a —— Se | I ll ill | i | | ff pb] : - a Vil) cee a PL law - “CLveeET wT \ | | Anil tr A \ | A), ty . 1 an = Mn iN i ~ } ] M| | ) a) —— ————————— } ! | | } | iT] ——=— ——— ————— ——— ~ — Hy ty IKI iH ' \\ i’ s suka ; ye \. eed Vl ay } 5 r | Se 4 -> ( ' ‘ a : q j ‘ \ \ ' \ Wed, ; ! ry’ / + <> \ t} { | ~ a ihe . == : i WHI ; < - a a! ~ |e ; iH 1] j v ‘ _ | : } | i iT hl . ‘ - er. i mea |) Hi ii Att} } ! < jam s - “es. " - a's ' | ' i) . - * “~ ' | A . = nee ry. } ‘ | i fli | ‘a ; N oe a |R | AWAY ; | | | i | . a | WS —— . AMS fx] I } Hh ; a : “ ‘ : * \ 4 | \ A| ; } } ‘ ——— ee = — i ~ ——-— ST. PETER PORT. stranger, enter a shop without money, it is not of the least consequence: They will trust you to an unlimited extent. This, at least, was our ex- perience. It may be that the people of Guernsey are born physio- gnomists—that rare gift—in which case the confidence we inspired was, to us, at any rate, sufficiently intelligible; but I quite think it arose simply out of their exalted opinion of mankind in general. It was, however, a kindly trait that led one into expense, if not extrava- gance. A feeling that such qualities deserved encouragement and recognition tempted one far beyond “first intentions,” and some- times refuge was found only in a precipitate and humiliating flight. Yet in the shape of curiosities and antiquities I do not know that there was anything very startling either to cause you to break the tenth commandment or to draw rash cheques upon your banker. It is a very bad system, by the way, this drawing cheques upon one’s VOL, XXXVII. P EONNIE DOO KS (EO) m