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  A 
  FIELD 
  OF 
  UUFS 
  WITH 
  MORE 
  THAN 
  A 
  MILLION 
  BLOSSOMS 
  OF 
  THF 
  FAMOUS 
  FLOWER 
  

   THAT 
  IS 
  EMBLEMATIC 
  OF 
  THE 
  EASTER 
  SEASON 
  

  

  The 
  godfather 
  of 
  the 
  Bermuda 
  Easter 
  lily 
  was 
  James 
  Richardson, 
  of 
  Hamilton, 
  who 
  

   began 
  its 
  cultivation 
  about 
  1870. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  extensively 
  cultivated 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  

   days, 
  when 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  100 
  flowers 
  were 
  sometimes 
  produced 
  on 
  one 
  stem. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  narrators 
  tells 
  of 
  a 
  fire 
  that 
  

   played 
  along 
  the 
  deck 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  masts 
  

   and 
  yard 
  of 
  the 
  Sea 
  Venture 
  during 
  the 
  

   overwhelming 
  heavenly 
  artillery 
  of 
  thun- 
  

   der 
  and 
  lightning. 
  This 
  was 
  doubtless 
  

   an 
  electric 
  phenomenon 
  which 
  the 
  Spani- 
  

   ards 
  called 
  St. 
  Elmo's 
  fire. 
  Ariel 
  the 
  

   Sprite, 
  in 
  answer 
  to 
  Prospero's 
  inquiry 
  

   whether 
  he 
  had 
  performed 
  the 
  task 
  to 
  

   which 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  bidden, 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  "To 
  every 
  article. 
  

   I 
  boarded 
  the 
  king's 
  ship 
  ; 
  now 
  on 
  the 
  beak, 
  

   Now 
  in 
  the 
  waist, 
  the 
  deck, 
  in 
  every 
  cabin 
  

   I 
  flam'd 
  amazement: 
  sometimes, 
  I'd 
  divide, 
  

   And 
  burn 
  in 
  many 
  places; 
  on 
  the 
  topmast, 
  

   The 
  yards 
  and 
  bowsprit, 
  would 
  I 
  flame 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly, 
  

   Then 
  meet, 
  and 
  join." 
  

  

  Ariel 
  saved 
  the 
  whole 
  ship's 
  company, 
  

   and 
  when 
  asked 
  how 
  he 
  had 
  disposed 
  of 
  

   the 
  ship 
  and 
  the 
  sailors, 
  he 
  answers: 
  

  

  ".Safely 
  in 
  harbour 
  

   Is 
  the 
  king's 
  ship; 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  nook 
  where 
  

  

  once 
  

   Thou 
  call'dsl 
  me 
  up 
  at 
  midnight 
  to 
  fetch 
  dew 
  

   From 
  the 
  still 
  vex'd 
  Bermoothes; 
  there 
  she's 
  

  

  hid." 
  

  

  Here 
  Shakespeare, 
  it 
  is 
  supposed, 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  Strachey's 
  story, 
  and 
  

   the 
  mention 
  of 
  Bermuda 
  in 
  the 
  Spanish 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  name, 
  it 
  is 
  insisted, 
  confirms 
  

   the 
  view. 
  

  

  The 
  eagerness 
  to 
  fix 
  a 
  place 
  and 
  give 
  

   geographical 
  definiteness 
  to 
  Shakespeare's 
  

   plots 
  is 
  characteristic 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  his 
  

   commentators. 
  It 
  is 
  less 
  reasonable 
  in 
  

   respect 
  to 
  the 
  light 
  and 
  beautiful 
  fancy 
  

   of 
  "The 
  Tempest" 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  any 
  

   other 
  of 
  Shakespeare's 
  plays. 
  ' 
  

  

  RIVAL 
  ISLANDS 
  IN 
  MEDITERRANEAN 
  

  

  Hunter, 
  while 
  repudiating 
  Bermuda's 
  

   claim, 
  fixes 
  the 
  scene 
  in 
  Lampedosa, 
  a 
  

   haunted 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  

   somewhere 
  near 
  the 
  course 
  which 
  the 
  ship 
  

   bearing 
  the 
  King 
  of 
  Naples 
  from 
  Tunis 
  to 
  

   Naples 
  might 
  have 
  taken. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  island 
  

   which 
  has 
  a 
  cell 
  and 
  a 
  cave 
  and 
  often 
  has 
  

   near 
  it 
  the 
  fire 
  of 
  St. 
  Elmo. 
  Another 
  

   critic 
  scouts 
  Lampedosa 
  as 
  too 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  

   southeast, 
  but 
  finds 
  another 
  island, 
  named 
  

  

  