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Excerpt from The Channel Islands and Their Agriculture As you approach the Jersey coast nothing more picturesque can be well imagined. Ten miles of granite cliff stretching along its northern exposure two hundred and forty to four hundred and eighty-five feet in height, while on the south eight miles of similar formation rise from two hundred to two hundred and fifty feet, and against this the waters madly foam and break and dash their spray far up the sides, rend ing and rifting them in every possible manner, or wearing out dark chasms and overhanging arches. There results from this formation a general slope. And exposure to the south very favorable to vegetation. Furthermore, the whole island is intersected from north to south by a succession of ravines or valleys, gradually widening and increasing in depth, and forming a natural channel for the small streams taking their origin in the springs which everywhere abound. It has been said that the three primary elements necessary to the success of agricultural operations are skilful hus bandry, a well-constituted soil and a genial climate. All three of these requisites Jersey possesses in the highest degree. Though resting on a bed of primary rocks of gran ite, syenite and schist absolutely wanting in organic remains, yet the soil is a rich loam, varying in lightness with the char acter of the underlying stratum. Even in the bays, where the sand driven by the winds has encroached upon the soil, the land is so successfully tilled, that St. Clements Bay has won for itself the title of the Garden of Jersey. The cli mate is one of the most equable and mild in the world. Rarely does it fall below the freezing point, and there is but one instance on record of its reaching The ground sel dom freezes more than an inch or two, and the slight snows serve to keep off the frost altogether. Winter there is none, but the spring is usually cool and late. The mean daily range of the thermometer is exceptionally small. Tak ing the average of ten years, it is found to be but The days of summer are not very hot, but the nights are comparatively warm, and there is hardly any chill in the night air at any season of the year. There is no recorded climate, and probably no climate whatever in north temper ate latitudes, on either side of the Atlantic, that presents so small a daily range of the thermometer. Such is the opinion of an enthusiastic traveller. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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