Chapter 11 THE ISLES OF SHOALS.

"O warning lights, burn bright and clear,

Hither the storm comes! Leagues away

It moans and thunders low and drear-

Burn 'til the break of day!"

Celia Thaxter.

PORTSMOUTH AND THE ISLES OF SHOALS.

On the 15th of July, 1605, as the sun was declining in the west, a little bark of fifteen tons, manned by Frenchmen, was standing along