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[Illustration: THE SETTLEMENT]

THREE YEARS IN TRISTAN DA CUNHA

BY

K. M. BARROWWife of the Rev. J. G. Barrow, Missionary Clergyman in Tristan Da Cunhaand fellow-worker with him on that island.

With thirty-seven original illustrations from photographs, and a map.

TO THE READER

The aim of the following pages is to give a simple and true description ofdaily life among a very small community cut off from the rest of theworld.

No attempt is made at literary style, the language being almost entirelythat of letters to a sister or of my journal.

In the first and third chapters free use has been made of the Blue Book
(Cd. 3098), September 1906; and of the Africa Pilot, Part II, Fifth
Edition, 1901.

I desire gratefully to acknowledge to Mr. Casper Keytel of Monille Point,Cape Town, his very kind permission to use the excellent photographs takenby him; and also my indebtedness to my husband for help in the revision ofthese pages.

K. M. B.

1910

MAP OF THE ISLAND OF TRISTAN DE CUNHA [* OCR image only shows title]

CONTENTS

AUTHOR'S PREFACEMAP OF ISLAND OF TRISTAN DA CUNHACHAPTER ICHAPTER IICHAPTER IIICHAPTER IVCHAPTER VCHAPTER VICHAPTER VIICHAPTER VIIICHAPTER IXCHAPTER XCHAPTER XICHAPTER XIICHAPTER XIIICHAPTER XIVCHAPTER XVCHAPTER XVICHAPTER XVIICHAPTER XVIIICHAPTER XIXCHAPTER XXCHAPTER XXICHAPTER XXIICHAPTER XXIIICHAPTER XXIVCHAPTER XXVCHAPTER XXVICHAPTER XXVIICHAPTER XXVIIICHAPTER XXIXCHAPTER XXXCHAPTER XXXICHAPTER XXXIICHAPTER XXXIIICHAPTER XXXIVCHAPTER XXXVCHAPTER XXXVICHAPTER XXXVII

APPENDICESA. THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF TRISTANB. THE WEATHERC. SOME TRISTAN WORDS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

I THE SETTLEMENT [Frontispiece]
II THE PEAK SHOWING ABOVE CLOUDS
III BETTY COTTON'S HOUSE (FRONT), OUR NEW HOME
IV BETTY COTTON'S HOUSE (BACK)
V THE WATERFALL
VI MOCCASINS
VII THE CEMETERY
VIII HILL TOP. INACCESSIBLE IN THE DISTANCE
IX THE FLAGSTAFF
X GOING WEST
XI IN SCHOOL
XII BIG BEACH
XIII THE HENRY GREEN FAMILY AT WORK ON A POTATO PATCH
XIV A PAIR OF PENGUINS
XV EARLY MORNING FROM THE WEST, SHOWING SNOW IN CREVASSE, NEAR PEAK
XVI BUGSBY HOLE
XVII THE CRATER LAKE
XVIII ON THE SUMMIT OF THE PEAK
XIX COMPLETE GROUP OF THE ISLANDERS
XX A GROUP OF ALL THE MEN
XXI THE PATH OF PLANTATION GULCH
XXII CATTLE, NEAR POTATO PATCHES
XXIII A PENGUIN ROOKERY
XXIV SHEEP BEING DRIVEN HOME
XXV OUR BATHING PLACE (LITTLE BEACH)
XXVI THE OLD CHURCH HOUSE
XXVII LANDING GOODS
XXVIII MRS. REPETTO FISHING
XXIX MR. KEYTEL'S HOUSE
XXX FRESHWATER CAVE
XXXI MOLLYHAWK ON ITS NEST
XXXII NEARLY FINISHED
XXXIII THE KETCH
XXXIV FISH-CLEANING
XXXV HOTTENTOT GULCH
XXXVI ALL THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
XXXVII ORANGES AND LEMONS

THREE YEARS IN TRISTAN DA CUNHA

CHAPTER I

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