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 * * * * * 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:
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