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views are numerous and exquisitely beautiful . The inland scenery is exceedingly varied and interesting . The roads are everywhere good , although there is not a turnpike in the entire island , and they are , moreover , so numerous as to make the place a perfect labyrinth
to those , who are unacquainted with their windings . The effect of this is heightened by the fact that some ancient landmark , which , ever and anon , might indicate to you the locality to which you had wandered , is , probably , obscured from your view , at the very moment when you most need to see it , by the roads being arched over for miles by the trees on either side ; but the evil is not very serious .
You can soon get to a spot within sight of the sea , whatever may be the portion of the island to which you have wandered ; and , in the heat of the summer ' s sun , these shadowy covered ways afford a most agreeable shade to the traveller . There is a geniality about the climate of Jersey , which cannot be secured anywhere else within the same distance from the metropolis . It is not so hot as England in
summer , and not nearly so cold as we have it in winter . The climate is equable and admirably adapted as well to restore health as to preserve it . In fact , even if you have " a sound mind in a sound body , " the mere act of living is pleasurable in such a climate , and amidst such scenery . If I were to detain the readers by indulging in
descriptions of all the localities which could not fail to charm ninetenths of them , as they have charmed me , I should not only spin out these chatty observations beyond all reasonable limits , but I should fill up an entire number of this journal , to the utter exclusion of all Masonic intelligence of any kind , sort , or description whatsoever .
Now to the Craft there . Amongst the earliest of the Masons I had the pleasure of meeting was Bro . Benjamin Parkes , W . M . of the Samares Lodge , No . 818 , and with him I had a long and interesting conversation on the state and prospects of the Craft in the island . Bro . Parkes was initiated in the St . George and Corner Stone Lodge , No . 5 , London , more than thirty years ago , and is one of the
oldest Masons at present in the island . I inquired what had become of the Jersey Lodge , No . 222 ( Marinet ) , mentioned by Preston as having presented Sir John Doyle with a splendid testimonial , when he was Governor ; and understood that the members of it had amalgamated with the Mechanics' Lodge , No . 306 , having by some means lost or forfeited the warrant . I learned also that there were
Mark Master Masons' Lodges , holding under the Grand Lodge of Ireland , Jersey being a species of extra-parochial locality in this respect ; and that with them the Mark is regarded as a " link " between the Craft and the Arch . Instead of a twelvemonth ' s Arch being a sine qua non in a candidate for the Mark , as in London ,
every Master Mason , of a year ' s standing as such , can proceed in this degree , whether he has taken the Arch or not . The consequence is that , in all the Lodges at Jersey , the exquisitely chaste , simple , and beautiful Jewel , of this degree , is seen upon the bosoms of a large number of Brethren ; whether they can legally wear it in Craft Lodges it is not for me to decide . Having long desired to
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views are numerous and exquisitely beautiful . The inland scenery is exceedingly varied and interesting . The roads are everywhere good , although there is not a turnpike in the entire island , and they are , moreover , so numerous as to make the place a perfect labyrinth
to those , who are unacquainted with their windings . The effect of this is heightened by the fact that some ancient landmark , which , ever and anon , might indicate to you the locality to which you had wandered , is , probably , obscured from your view , at the very moment when you most need to see it , by the roads being arched over for miles by the trees on either side ; but the evil is not very serious .
You can soon get to a spot within sight of the sea , whatever may be the portion of the island to which you have wandered ; and , in the heat of the summer ' s sun , these shadowy covered ways afford a most agreeable shade to the traveller . There is a geniality about the climate of Jersey , which cannot be secured anywhere else within the same distance from the metropolis . It is not so hot as England in
summer , and not nearly so cold as we have it in winter . The climate is equable and admirably adapted as well to restore health as to preserve it . In fact , even if you have " a sound mind in a sound body , " the mere act of living is pleasurable in such a climate , and amidst such scenery . If I were to detain the readers by indulging in
descriptions of all the localities which could not fail to charm ninetenths of them , as they have charmed me , I should not only spin out these chatty observations beyond all reasonable limits , but I should fill up an entire number of this journal , to the utter exclusion of all Masonic intelligence of any kind , sort , or description whatsoever .
Now to the Craft there . Amongst the earliest of the Masons I had the pleasure of meeting was Bro . Benjamin Parkes , W . M . of the Samares Lodge , No . 818 , and with him I had a long and interesting conversation on the state and prospects of the Craft in the island . Bro . Parkes was initiated in the St . George and Corner Stone Lodge , No . 5 , London , more than thirty years ago , and is one of the
oldest Masons at present in the island . I inquired what had become of the Jersey Lodge , No . 222 ( Marinet ) , mentioned by Preston as having presented Sir John Doyle with a splendid testimonial , when he was Governor ; and understood that the members of it had amalgamated with the Mechanics' Lodge , No . 306 , having by some means lost or forfeited the warrant . I learned also that there were
Mark Master Masons' Lodges , holding under the Grand Lodge of Ireland , Jersey being a species of extra-parochial locality in this respect ; and that with them the Mark is regarded as a " link " between the Craft and the Arch . Instead of a twelvemonth ' s Arch being a sine qua non in a candidate for the Mark , as in London ,
every Master Mason , of a year ' s standing as such , can proceed in this degree , whether he has taken the Arch or not . The consequence is that , in all the Lodges at Jersey , the exquisitely chaste , simple , and beautiful Jewel , of this degree , is seen upon the bosoms of a large number of Brethren ; whether they can legally wear it in Craft Lodges it is not for me to decide . Having long desired to