Jersey

Jersey is the largest and richest of the Channel Islands, an island country in Northwestern Europe and a self-governing British Crown Dependency. It lies 15 miles off the French coast, 100 miles South of Portland Bill, is oblong in shape, with great bays in the coast, and slopes from the North to the South-West. The soil is devoted chiefly to pasture and potato culture. The exports are early potatoes for the London market and the famous Jersey cattle, the purity of whose breed is carefully preserved. The island is self-governing, has a somewhat primitive land tenure, is remarkably almost free from poverty and crime, has been under the English crown since 1066. The capital is St. Helier, where there is a college, a public library, a harbour, and a good market.

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