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
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