A travel journal to the Scilly Islands written in the Nineteenth Century. It records Scillonian legends and folklore. There are brief diversions into period racism. -Summary by Timothy Ferguson
Chapters
1 Dedication and Preface 2 min 2 Introductory Chapter 8 min 3 Voyage from Penzance to Scilly 10 min 4 Legend: Lethowsow, or Lyonesse 21 min 5 St Mary's 19 min 6 Tollman Head : A Legend of Old Town 17 min 7 St Mary's No.2 14 min 8 St Mary's No.3 9 min 9 Legend of Holy Vale 22 min 10 Bryher 13 min 11 Tresco 8 min 12 Legend : The Knight and the Dwarf 39 min 13 Menawavr, and the Eastern Isles 7 min 14 Tresco No.2 5 min 15 A Legend of Piper's-Hole 23 min 16 Tresco No.3 5 min 17 Legend: The Dane's Grave 21 min 18 St Martin's 13 min 19 A Cruise Round the Western Isles 11 min 20 St Agnes 16 min 21 The Legend of St Warna 16 min 22 Popular Superstitions 17 min 23 Appendix 40 min