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water_n	earth_n	sea_n	see_v	4,259	5	3.9841	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40814	An account of the Isle of Jersey, the greatest of those islands that are now the only reminder of the English dominions in France with a new and accurate map of the island / by Philip Falle ...	Falle, Philip, 1656-1742.	1694 (1694)	Wing F338; ESTC R9271	104,885	297

great Rivers Ponds we have and in those very good Carps There is a Pond especially in the West of the Island belonging to the Seigneur of St. Oüen where grows a Carp of so unusual a Largeness and of so excellent a Tast as is scarce to be equall'd in Europe Some have been brought into England that were 3 Foot 4 Inches Long. The great Deformity of this Island is that almost incredible Multitude of Toads that swarm in it and are chiefly seen in Summer and in moist Weather Doubtless they are a hated sight to a Stranger especially I cannot certainly say whether they are Venomous or not having never made any Experiment thereof But this I can affirm that after the most diligent Inquiry I could never hear they do the least harm tho' they lie in our best Water and among our best Fruit when it falls on the Ground So far indeed from it that 't is a received Opinion among our People that those ugly Creatures suck in the Impurities that are in the Elements and thereby contribute to health which they prove by the contrary Example of Guernezey which will not suffer a Toad to live in it and yet is thought not to be so healthy as JERSEY Whether it be so or no still it must be confessed that great is the Wisdom of God to set out the Beauty and Perfection of his other Works by such Deformities in Nature as these As for those pretty Lizards which in a hot Summer-day will come out and sun themselves on the side of a Bank looking earnestly and as 't were with pleasure upon a Man as he passes by scarce flying but when they are pursued they are rather to be counted a Decoration and an Ornament than a Deformity to this Island We receive a greater prejudice from Moles which abound with Us to the great Detriment of Corn but doubtless to the Benefit and Melioration of Fruit-trees by loosening and turning up the Earth about the Roots The Air is temperate and the Island generally praised be God very healthy And it must be so Naturally considering the Height and Declivity of the Land and as a Consequence of that the Rapidity of the Streams together with those salt and strong Breezes which blow almost continually from the Sea The Unsalubrity of any Country arising chiefly from a low Ground and a stagnating Air and Water Hence Men are often seen to live to a great Age amongst us if by Excesses which is the Fault of the better sort or by ill Diet which is the Misfortune of the Poorer they do not impair their Health and shorten their Lives I cannot say we are wholly free of Distempers The most usual with us is the Ague in the Spring and Autumn Neither is the Cold here so intense as in other Places under the same Latitude But we are more subject to Storms especially with a Westerly wind which blows here the greatest part of the Year and against which we have no nearer shelter than the great Continent of America the next Land to us on that side That vast and amazing Chain of Rocks that invironeth on all sides this Island some above some under Water and the many strong Currents and Tides that run betwixt these Rocks render the Access to the Island very difficult and full of hazard to those that are not well acquainted with the Coast And doubtless the Place is more beholding to Nature than Art for the strength of it 'T is very probable that a great part of these Rocks was some time firm Ground which the Violence of the Sea hath torn from the Shore washing off the softer and looser Earth and leaving only what it could not dissolve In the Parish of St. Oúen the Sea has within these 350 Years swallow'd up a very rich Vale where to this hour at low-Low-water the Marks of Buildings appear among the Rocks and great Stumps of Oaks are seen in the Sand after a Storm The Records of the Exchequer make mention of a People inhabiting this Tract And the little Islet upon which stands Elizabeth Castle was joyned to the Land about 1100 Years ago The Tides about these Islands differ from the rest of the Chanel and are very extraordinary They receive their first Motion from the Mouth of the Chanel and as they go on take different Impressions from the several Heads of Land and narrower Chanels through which they pass At the first flowing they all tend ESE to the Bay of St. Michael by reason of the flatness thereof The Sea flows and ebbs in that Bay ordinarily from 15 to 20 Miles and fills it almost in two Hours time Then the Motion of the Tides is check'd and they are conveyed Northwards along the Coast and so in 12 Hours time quite round the Island The Currents succeed so one another that there is no still Water here as in the Chanel at low Ebb. The chief Bays and open Places in the Island are St. Oüen St. Brelard St. Aubin Grouville St. Catharine Rosel Bouley besides other smaller Creeks noted in the Map The whole Island is divided into 12 Parishes which may be rank'd in this Order on the N. I. Trinity II. St. John III. St. Mary on the W. IV. St. Oûen V. St. Peter VI. St. Brelard or Breverlard for so I find it call'd in Ancient Records and not S. Brelad on the S. VII St. Lawrence VIII St. Helier IX St. Saviour on the E. X. St. Clement XI Grouville XII St. Martin These Parishes are subdivided again into Tythings which we call Vintaines noted in the Map The chief Town is St. Helier a neat well built Town seated near the Sea containing about a 1000 Inhabitants who are for the most part Merchants Traders and Artificers The Gentry and People of the best Fashion living generally in the Country 'T is the ordinary Seat of Justice and here is kept a Market in the Nature of a Fair every Saturday where Gentlemen meet for Conversation as well as for Business The next Town of Note is St. Aubin or St. Albin distant about three Miles from the former and standing in the same Bay This is also much resorted to by Merchants by reason of the Port which is the best in the Island Here they meet every Monday about matters relating to Navigation and Foreign Trade The Mole or Peere begun there some Years ago in imitation of that of Guernezey is a strong and massy Piece and when finished will be a great security to our Shipping which lay before too much open to a S and SE Wind. It were superfluous to enumerate other lesser Towns and Villages dispersed through the Island The whole being indeed so Populous and full of Habitations that it more resembleth a great Village than an open and champagne Country The Number of Inhabitants is betwixt 15 and 20 Thousand reckoning Men Women and Children Buildings both Private and Publick are substantial and