The Isles of Scilly

CONTENTS


PREFATORY NOTE 5
NOTE TO SECOND EDITION 6
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY 11
CHAPTER II HISTORICAL 22
CHAPTER III FORMER INDUSTRIES 40
CHAPTER IV THE FLOWER INDUSTRY 51
CHAPTER V DESCRIPTIVE AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL 61
CHAPTER VI THE ISLAND FOLK: THEIR WAYS AND CUSTOMS 80
CHAPTER VII STORIES OF THE WRECKS 97
CHAPTER VIII ANNET AND THE SEA-BIRDS 109
CHAPTER IX ST. MARY’S 117
CHAPTER X TRESCO 140
CHAPTER XI BRYHER AND SAMSON 152
CHAPTER XII ST. AGNES 159
CHAPTER XIII ST. MARTIN’S AND ITS NEIGHBOURS 169
CHAPTER XIV CONCLUSION 178
LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO 185
INDEX 187




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


CROMWELL’S CASTLE, TRESCO _Frontispiece_
THE OLDEST INHABITANT 14
ST. MARY’S POOL 20
THE GARRISON GATEWAY, ST. MARY’S 32
CROMWELL’S CASTLE, FROM CHARLES’S CASTLE 36
A GREY EVENING IN SCILLY 44
A FIELD OF ARUMS 52
A COTTAGE FLOWER-GROWER, TRESCO 58
THE GIANT’S PUNCH-BOWL, ST. AGNES 66
ST. MARTIN’S PIER 74
A FLOWER-BARROW, HUGH TOWN 82
DAFFODILS ON ST. MARTIN’S 90
OLD CHURCH, ST. MARY’S 98
SUNSET OVER SAMSON 104
A SHAG PARLIAMENT 110
THE ENTRANCE TO HUGH TOWN, FROM THE OLD PIER 118
PICKING FLOWERS BY THE CASTLE ROCKS 128
MONK’S COWL ROCK, ST. MARY’S 134
GIMBLE BAY, TRESCO 148
ARMOREL’S COTTAGE 156
A FLOWER-HOUSE ON ST. AGNES 162
CRAB-POT-MAKING BY ST. AGNES CHURCH 166
ROUND ISLAND, FROM ST. HELEN’S 174
OFF TO ST. MARTIN’S 180
MAP OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY 10