449 A. EB. Verrilli— The Bermuda Islands. 854 
Lefroy, Gov. John H.—On the Constitutional History of the Bermudas, the 
oldest remaining British Plantation. Archeologia, vol. xlvii, Part i, pp. 
65-82, 1883. Also separately, Westminster, 1881. 
Marsden, Joshua.—Narrative of a Mission to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and 
the Somers Islands, in 1808. Edition 1, Plymouth-Dock, 1816; ed. 2, Lon- 
don, Kershaw, 1827. 
May, Henry.—Abstract of a briefe note of a voyage to the East Indies, begun — 
the 10th of April, 1591. In Hakluyt, Richard, vol. iii, p. 571, 1600; vol. iv, 
p. 52, 1811; vol. xv, p. 270, 1890. (See Clarke, J. 8., vol. i (1805), pp. 181-140. 
and Gov. Lefroy, Memorials, i, pp. 7-9; also Hakluyt Society, vol. lvi, pp. 
24-34.) Contains an account of May’s shipwreck ‘‘upon the Isle of Ber- 
muda.” See above, p. 534. 
Moore, Governor Richard.—[First report on the Bermudas] 1612. Reprinted by 
Lefroy, in Memorials of Bermudas, i, pp. 65-72, 1877, without name of author. 
Note.—See above, pp. 545, 547. This very important document is here attrib- 
uted to Gov. Moore, from satisfactory internal evidence. 
Murray, Hugh.—An historical and descriptive account of British America; com- 
prehending Canada, Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New- 
foundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the Fur Countries. 
(Edinburgh Cabinet Library. 16°, vols. 25-27, Edinb. and Lond., 1839.) 
Three vols.; a description of the Bermudas occupies pages 329-856 of vol. ii 
(26). 
Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo Fernandez.—The Natural History of the West Indies. 
First printed in 1526. Reprinted in English by Richard Eden, 1887. Sec- 
tion 2, pp. 205-242, and by Lefroy, Memorials, i, p. 2. 
Note.—At page 233 (original edition, p. 203) is found the earliest description 
of the discovery of Bermuda. This passage is quoted in full in Lefroy’s Memo- 
rials of the Bermudas, vol. i, p. 2-3. (Cole.) 
Ogilvy, John.—Bermuda, Past and Present. See above. f 
Pegge, Samuel.—The question considered, whether England formerly produced 
any wine from grapes. Archeologia, vol. iii, pp. 538-66, 1775. Refers to 
the disappearance of orange trees and other fruit trees in Bermuda ; 
attributed to the cutting of the sheltering cedars. Not seen. 
Purchas.—See Jourdan, S. and Strachy, Wm. 
Smith, Captain John.—The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and 
the Summer Isles, 1624. Also editions of 1626, 1627, 1682. Reprinted by 
Pinkerton, John, Gen. Coll. of Voyages and Travels, London, 1808-14, vol. 
xiii, pp. 1-253, and in part by Lefroy. See our pl. ciii for portrait, and 
expl. pl. for historical data. 
Smith, Captain John.—True Travels, Adventures, and Observations, in Europe, 
Asia, Affrica, and America; 1593-1629. London, 1630. Reprinted by 
Churchill, A. and J., Coll. of Voyages, vol. ii (1704), pp. 371-412. 
Note.—Chapter 22: Summer Isles ; 1624-1629, pp. 401-402. 
Somers, Sir George, Admiral.—Letter to the Harl of Salisbury from- Virginia, 
June 20, 1810. Reprinted by Brown, Alewander; and Lefroy, Memorials, 
i, p. 10. Contains a brief account of the shipwreck of 1609, rescue of the 
people, their voyage to Virginia, and the famine existing there. See reprint 
in Addenda below, p. 873. 
For portrait of Admiral Somers, see our plate cii; see also expl. plate for his- 
torical data. 
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