Scilly Isles

Scilly Isles (probably not the Cassiterides of the Greeks), a group of about forty islands off the coast of Cornwall, about 25 miles S.W. from the Land's End. Only St, Mary's (1,500 acres), Tresco (700 acres), St. Martin's (550 acres), St. Agnes (350 acres), and Bryher (300 acres), are inhabited, The formation is granitic, with a fertile top soil, which in the mild climate yields large quantities of early vegetables and flowers for the London market. Hugh Town, the capital, is in St. Mary's. Mr. Dorrien Smith owns all the gronp, and has a residence in Tresco.