This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...stepping stones. ALDERNEY. ALDER NE Y. CHAPTER I. Difficult access to Alderney; narrative of the voyage; terrors of the race, and the swinge. Nothing can be more different, than the associations which the mention of Alderney gives rise to, in the mind of an Englishman, and in the mind of an inhabitant of any ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...stepping stones. ALDERNEY. ALDER NE Y. CHAPTER I. Difficult access to Alderney; narrative of the voyage; terrors of the race, and the swinge. Nothing can be more different, than the associations which the mention of Alderney gives rise to, in the mind of an Englishman, and in the mind of an inhabitant of any of the Channel Islands. To the former, it calls up images of green tranquil meadows, dotted with innumerable cattle--those beautiful little cows, so much prized in the English dairy, --with pleasant thoughts of milk, and cream, and butter, and pails, and milking maids. To the latter, it is instantly associated with images of a very opposite description, --with the fearful " race of Alderney," Vol. 11. o and as much dreaded " swinge;" with unstemmable tides, and conflicting currents, and rocks, and storms, and perils of every description-Let it be my task, to arbitrate among these conflicting fancies. It is certainly most true, that Alderney is difficult of access: I myself made several attempts to reach it, without success; and it often happens, that one is detained in the island for weeks, owing to the difficulty and danger of navigating its shores, unless in certain favourable states of wind and tide. The race, is on the south side, between Alderney and the French coast; the swinge on the north side, between Alderney and another island, called Berhou; and through both of these, the tide runs from six to seven knots an hour. The swinge too, which must be passed by all vessels from England, or the other islands, is narrow, and full of rocks; and the coast of Alderney on both sides, is a congregation of projecting cliffs and isolated rocks. The tides and currents too, are not only impetuous; but require to be thoroughly understood; so that...
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