INDEX

Abbey of St. Nicholas, Tresco, 25, 140

Abbey Pond, Tresco, 145

Abbey Wood, 66

Abbot of Tresco, 23

Abbots of Tavistock, 26

Accommodation for visitors, 16, 82, 83, 146

Allet, John, and Isabella, 29

Annet, Isle of, 72, 111, 116, 124

“Ann Jigg,” 170

Apple-trees, 66

Armada, tradition of, 70

Armorel of Lyonnesse quoted, 157

Armorel’s cottage, 157

Arthur, Great and Little, 63, 169

Arthur, King, 62

Arums, 13

Ashford, the name, 72

Athelstan, King, 23

Attractions, 11

Aunt Charlotte, 154

Ayscue, Sir George, defeated, 36

Azure colour, presence of, 79

Barrentine, Drew de, appointed Governor, 27

Barrows, 74, 75

Bastwick, Dr. John, a prisoner, 123

Batteries, built on St. Mary’s, 33

Battle of Flowers supplied, 56

Beads, search for, 164

Beady Pool, St. Agnes, 164

Benedictines, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 51, 140

Besant, Sir Walter, quoted, 157

Biddle, John, a prisoner, 123

Bird Island, 111

Birds, number of, 109

Bishop Lighthouse, 20, 124, 167

Bishop of Exeter, visit of, 94

Bishop of Truro, 95

Black auk, 115

Blake, Admiral, defeat of, 36

Blankminster, Ranulph de, holds the isles, 27

Block-house, the, 147

Boatmen, industry of, 14

Bonsor, Mr. George, opens a barrow, 74

Borlase, Dr., quoted, 67, 73, 87, 173

Bovy Isle, 32

Bowl, the, 65

Bridges, 68

Bronze Age, the remains of, 74

Bryher, 61, 68, 94, 152

Bulbs, 53, 59

Bullock, a dead, a passenger, 156

Butcher’s shop, the only, 84

Buzza Hill, 80, 124

Camperdizl Point, 163

Campergurling, 163

“Canteen,” the, 143

Carn Near, 37, 143

Carns of Kestillier, 163

Cassiterides, 75

Castle of Bryer, 38

Castle Rocks, 127

Caves, 150, 170

Celts, 70, 80

Chair of Prince Charles, 34

Chapels, 95, 96, 121

Character of the people, 87

Charles’s Castle, 150

Charles, Prince, a prisoner, 34

Cherry-tree, 66

Children, 90

Christians, the first, in Scilly, 22

Churches, 94, 141

City of Lions, 62

Civil War, effects of the, 34, 36, 141, 166

Clapper Rocks, 74

Coal schooner, wreck of, 145

Cockroaches, 69

Colepepper, Lord, 34

“Colossus,” wreck of the, 38

Colour of Scilly, 11

Conger-eels, 85

Cormorants, 110

Corn, exportation forbidden, 40

Cornish words, list of, 78

Cornwall, Earl of, 26, 126, 127, 130

Cosmo de Medici, Duke, quoted, 37, 66, 71, 120

Coulter-neb, 111

Council of Scilly, 35

Crab-pots, 148, 166

Crim Rocks, 160

Cromwell’s Castle, 15, 37, 144, 150

Crow Bar, 62

Crow Sounds, 37

Cruther’s Hill, 182

Customs, ancient, 81

Daffodils, 13, 60, 67, 88, 128, 138, 155

Daisy Rock, 160

Davers, a gentleman, 31

Daymark, the, St. Martin’s, 170

Defence of the Isles, 33

Denominations, 92, 94, 95, 96

Dick’s Cam, 137

Distress in 1819, 46

Dorrien-Smith, Mr. T. A., 50

Dracæna, 66

Draper, an itinerant, 155

Drew de Berrentine, 27

Druid trysting-stone, 132

Education in Scilly, 80

Edward the Confessor, 25

Edward I, grants of, 26, 28

Edward III, 29

Eggs, orange-flavoured, 49

Ekins, Thomas, 170

Elizabeth, Queen, grants a lease, 33

Ellis, the name, 72

Ennor Castle, 27, 125, 127

Entertainments, lack of, 16

Excursions, 15

Exeter, Bishop of, 93

Fairies, 80

Fanshawe, Lady, quoted, 34

Felons, treatment of, 29

Fisheries, 14, 46

Flower fields, 13

Flower harvest, 12, 13, 53, 57

Flower houses, 59

Flower industry, beginnings of, 14, 49

“Flower of Kings,” 63

Flower picking and tying, 55

Fogs, 107, 166

Folk-lore, 80

French poachers, 31, 179

Fruit trees, 66

Fuchsias, 67

Garrison, the, 122

Garrison Hill, 54, 122

Geraniums, 67

German vessels, visits of, 49

Giant’s Castle, 136

Giants’ Graves, 73

Giant’s Punch-bowl, 64

Godolphins, the, 33, 37, 47, 170

Goldsmith quoted, 115

Goose-dancing, 81

Gorregan, 179

Gorse, 12, 125, 138, 170

Grandison, Bishop, 93

Granite, 64

Granville, Sir John, made Governor, 36

Grimsby, New, 145, 146, 147, 174

Grimsby, Old, 147

Gugh, the, 74, 137, 183

Guillemots, 115

Guinea-moneys, 151

Gulls, 31, 109

Hand-mills, 72, 162

Hangman’s Island, 150

Hanjague, 169

Heath, Lieut., quoted, 18, 41, 86, 90, 120, 123, 160

Hell Bay, 153

Hellingy Downs, 72

Hellweathers, 160

Henry I, grant of, 26

Henry III, 27

Henry VIII, 20

Hermit, a story of, 23

Herring-gulls, 109

History of Scilly, 22

Holy Vale, 28, 129

Horse-mackerel, 85

Hotels, 143

Hugh, the, 33, 38

Hugh Town, 96, 117, 118, 125

Human remains found, 72

Iberians, 69

Industries, 14, 42

Inisschawe, 32

Inn, the New, Tresco, 143

“Insect,” a dying, 21

Instantius, Bishop, 22

Islands, number of, 11, 30, 61

Isle of Elder, 32

Itinerary of Leland quoted, 30

Jenkins, the name, 72

Kelping, 42

Kindliness of Scillonians, 87

King, Mr. C. J., discovery of, 114

Kistavens, 74

Kitchen-middens, 72

Kittern, the, 183

Language, 71

Leeds, Duke of, gives up lease, 47

Legge, the name, 72

Leisureliness, 88

Leland, John, quoted, 29, 30, 70, 128, 150, 165, 166, 170

Le Poer, William, 28

Lethegus Ledge, 108

Lethowsow, 64

Lewes, G. H., quoted, 83

Licences not required, 86

Lifeboat, 161

Lighthouses, 20, 124, 161, 167, 168, 170, 177, 182

Lighting of Hugh Town, 121

Lilies, growth of, 14

Limpets, 175

Ling, 85

“Loaded Camel,” the, 137

Losses, 60

Lyonnesse, legend of, 12

“Lyonnesse,” the, 19, 20

Mackerel fishery, 15

Maiden Bower, 152

“Major Vigoureux ” quoted from, 42

Marguerites, 67

Mary, Queen, news of her death, 87

Maximus, Emperor, his treatment of Christians, 22

May Queen, the, crowning of, 82

Meat, scarcity of, 84

Menavawr, 175, 176

Mesembryanthemum edule, 143

Midsummer Eve, 81

Military establishment, 38

Mincarlo, 115

“Minnehaha,” wreck of the, 99, 153

Monk’s Cowl Rock, 133, 134

Mordred, 62

Mumford, Mr. Richard, 52, 131

Nag’s Head, 65

Names of islanders, 71

Nance, a pilot, introduces kelp, 36

Narcissi, 13, 148, 155

Naval base, Scilly as a, 23, 38

Neatness, 91

Nikla Thies, 81

Northmen in Scilly, 23

Norwithel, 36, 149

Olaf Tryggwason, saga of, 23

Oldest inhabitant, the, 14

Old Town, 125, 126

Old Town Castle, 126

Old Wreck Ledge, 160

Ornatus narcissus, 13

Outer Islands, 152

Oyster-catcher, 116

Parade, the, Hugh Town, 119

Park, the, Hugh Town, 120

Parliamentary forces, the, 36

Parsonage, the, Tresco, 41

Passage to Scilly, 15, 17

Pelistry Bay, 137

Pellew’s Redoubt, 138

Pendeen Lighthouse, 168

Pender, the name, 72

Peninnis 64, 133, 134

Pennis Lighthouse, 134, 162, 168

Penzance, 17, 58, 159

Perconger, 163

Pericles Bay, 165

Pernagie, 170

Pest-house, St. Helen’s, 174

“Peter the boy,” 158

Philpotts, Bishop, visit of, 94

Pilot Hicks, story of, 105

Pilot, story of a, 85

Piloting, 40, 48, 171

Piper’s Hole, 149, 150, 172

Pirates, 33, 36

Place-names, list of, 78

Ponds, 68

Porth Cressa, 124, 133

Porth Hellick, 54, 135

Porth Mellin, 128

Portus Ecclesiæ, 165

Potatoes, exportation of, 46, 163

Potting, 14, 171

Prehistoric remains, 72

Prices of flowers, 58

Prigis Bay, 165

Prisoners in Star Castle, 123

Privations of islanders, 162

Prosperity of islanders, 39

Proverbs, 81

Provisions, 146

“Prudence and Jane,” the, 19

Publius Crassus, 76

Puffins, 27, 31, 111

Puffins as rent, 27

Pulpit Rock, 64, 133, 134

Quay, St. Mary’s, 117

Querns, 162

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur, quoted, 42

Rabbits, 26, 31

Rat Island, 31, 32

Rats, 69, 174

Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, 26, 126, 127, 130

Religious toleration, 92

Richard III, inquisition by, 29

Rivers, absence of, 68

“Road,” the, 48

Rocky Hill, 131

Romans in Scilly, 22, 76

Rose-bush of Sister Mary, 131

Rose, Great and Little, 160

Round Island, 124, 168, 171, 175, 176

Saga of King Olaf, 23

Sailing-boats, 18, 181

Sailors, imprisoned, 135

St. Agnes, 30, 54, 61, 64, 70, 72, 85, 90, 96, 134, 159

St. Agnes Church, 165

St. Agnes Lighthouse, 134

St. Elidius, 26, 173

St. Elios, 173

St. Helen’s Isle, 62, 124, 173

St. Helen’s Pool, 174

St. Lide’s, 173

St. Martin’s, 54, 62, 85, 96, 124, 147, 169

St. Martin’s Head, 61, 170

St. Martin’s men, 70

St. Mary’s, 30, 61, 64, 96, 117, 133, 178

St. Mary’s Church, 94

St. Mary’s Pier, 73, 117

St. Mary’s Pool, 15, 109, 119, 123

St. Nicholas Isle, 32

St. Sampson, 26, 173

St. Teon, 26

St. Warna, 165

St. Warna Bay, 164

St. Warna’s Well, 160, 165

Sallakee Downs, 136

Samson, 61, 74, 103, 156

Saynct Lide’s Isle, 31, 173

Scads, 85

Scandinavians, 70

Scenery, character of, 12

“Schiller,” wreck of the, 99

Scilly, origin of the name, 77

Scilly Rock, 153, 176

Scilly Whites, 51, 52, 53

Sea-birds, 109

Sea-crow, 110

Sea-pie, 116

Sea-sickness, 17

Sea-swallows, 115

Seal Rock, 152

Seals, 162

Serpents, absence of, 69

Seven Stones, 62

Seymour, Lord Admiral, 32

Shags, 110

Shearwaters, 114

Shells, 72, 151

Shelters, planting of, advised, 67

Shipbuilding, 47, 48

Shipman Head, 153

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, drowning of, 99, 135

Sister Mary’s bush, 131

Skirt Point, 151

“Sleep’s Abode,” 134

Smith, Mr. A., becomes Governor, 47, 50, 140

Smith, Mr. T. A. Dorrien-, the present Governor, 50

Smuggling, 40, 41

Snorri Sturluson, story of, 25

Soleil d’ors, 53

Spaniards, 31, 70

Spurgeon’s sermons, 95

Star Castle, 33, 68, 122

“Steamer-morning,” 54

“Stella Mariæ,” 122

Stoker, the story of a, 20

Storm-petrel, 116

Sugar Loaf, 170

“Sulleh,” 77

Sulpicius Severus, 22

Sunsets, 138

Sunshine, floods of, 13

Tavestoke Abbey, 30, 32

Tavistock, monks of, 29

Tean, 124

Tearing Ledge, 160

Terns, 115

“Thomas W. Lawson,” wreck of the, 105

“Three Damned Sinners,” 172

Tiberianus, Bishop, 22

Tin, presence of, 75

Toleration, religious, 92

Toll’s Island, 137

Tolman Head, 126

Tooth Rock, 64, 133

Tovey, Abraham, master-gunner, 122

Tree-mallow, the, 147

Trees, scarcity of, 66

Tresco, 29, 61, 85, 95, 112, 124, 180

Tresco Abbey, 25, 28

Tresco Gardens, 15, 142

Trevellick, Mr. W., 52, 131

Trevilian, story of, 64

Trippers, 15

Troutbeck, Rev. J., quoted, 18, 41, 68, 69, 94

Turk’s Head, 183

Uncle Sampy, 155

Underland Girt, 172

Upper Moors, the, 137

Van Tromp, Admiral, tries to gain Scilly, 36

“Vasty deep,” the, 12

Vegetation, 182

Visitors, 14, 15, 16, 49

Voyage to Scilly, 17

Watermill Bay, 138

Wells, 68

Wesley, John, visit of, 96

White Island, 171

Whitfeld, Rev. H. J., quoted, 131

Whitington, gentleman, 31

Wich, Richard de, gift of, 26

William IV, 47

William of Worcester, 112

Wingletang Down, 163

Wolf Lighthouse, 108

Woodley, Rev. G., quoted, 19, 45, 91, 95

Wrasse, 73

Wrecks, right to, 26

Wrecks, 26, 97, 145, 153, 161

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