 | W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...years, within the memory of most men, two great There is a legendary tradition, that this island wai once so contiguous to France, that persons passed...plank, or a bridge, paying a small toll to the Abbey of Coulances. That all the islands in this quarter formed a portion of the continent itself, does not... | |
 | Abraham Jones Le Cras - 1834 - 178 pages
...very probable conjecture that many of the adjacent rocks were originally part of the Island itself. There is a legendary tradition, that this Island was once so contiguous tu France, I hat persons passed over on a plank or a bridge, paying a small toll to the Abbey of Coutancc.... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Great Britain - 1835 - 644 pages
...adjacent rocks were originally part of the island itself. There is a legendary tradition, that Jersey was once so contiguous to France, that persons passed over on a plank or bridge, paying a small toll to the Abbey of Coutances. Several circumstances give a colour to the probability,... | |
 | Abraham Jones Le Cras - Customary law - 1839 - 414 pages
...very probable conjecture that many of the adjacent rocks were originally part of the Island itself. There is a legendary tradition, that this Island was...plank or a bridge, paying a small toll to the Abbey of Coutance. Several circumstances give a colour to the probability, that, the whole of St. Michael's... | |
 | 1840 - 356 pages
...conjecture, that many of the adjacent rocks were originally part of the Island itself; but departed from it by the force of violent tempests. On the southern,...improbable; their external appearance evidences some dreadful convulsion: but it may well be questioned, whether any * Most of the rocks that rise above... | |
 | Channel Islands - 1843 - 260 pages
...conjecture, that many of the adjacent rocks were originally part of the Island itself ; but separated from it by the force of violent tempests. On the southern,...improbable ; their external appearance evidences some dreadful convulsion : but it may well be questioned, whether any disruption of nature has taken place... | |
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Island itself; but departed from it by the force of violent tempests. On the southern, the eastern, and the western sides, there are incontrovertible proofs that large portions of useful land have been ingulfed ; and strong sea banks are found, in many... 