THE FARM. 



flowers, and nasturtiums in the nooks of the rock, 

 which were now beginning to spread the beauty of 

 their foliage over the ruggedness, and gave promise 

 of additional beauty by and by. 



The island is the property of William Heaven, 

 Esq., who has erected a handsome mansion above the 

 landing-place, in a sheltered hollow, which commands 

 an extensive view of the opposite coast of Devon and 

 of the broad Bristol Channel. Here he resides with 

 his amiable family, exercising a patriarchal rule over 

 his little dominion. Two thousand acres form his 

 realm ; of which a considerable portion is under culti- 

 vation, and is let to a tenant farmer, John Lee by 

 name, familiarly known as Captain Jack, an excel- 

 lent, worthy man. In his earlier days he was bred to 

 the sea, but now he ploughs the land. At his house, 

 " The Farm," visitors are entertained ; we found 

 accommodations decent, (for the circumstances), a 

 well-supplied table, attendance prompt and kindly, 

 and charges moderate. With the exception of the 

 lighthouse-keeper, who with his family and subordi- 

 nates occupies a substantial stone house at the foot of 

 the lighthouse, on the western edge of the island, 

 rather remote from the Farm, the rest of the inhabit- 

 ants are labourers, and their families employed in 

 husbandry, or in the mechanical occupations that 

 minister to it. 



The whole population amounts to about fifty souls, 

 not one of whom is a native of the isle : a child has 

 not been born here within the memory of the present 



