The Isles of Scilly

by Jessie Mothersole

[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]

UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON

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SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

THE TIMES:

“This is an acceptable volume, in which the author succeeds both as artist—in her pleasing and careful water-colours—and in her entertaining account of the scenery, the industries, and the people.”

THE MORNING POST:

“This is a charming book about a very charming place. The Scillies are not by any means so well known to the people of the mainland as they deserve to be. But the authoress has given us an informing introduction to their manifold attractions, their scenic beauty, their old-world simplicity and social quaintness, the romantic associations of their history and the picturesque character of their staple industry of flower-growing. The twenty-five water-colours scattered throughout the pages are not only dainty in execution, but are admirably illustrative of the letterpress.”

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