The natives on an island ten leagues from this have a queer superstition concerning it.

They call it the devil's last resting place, and assert that it is peopled by mermaids, who get honest navigators into it, and then destroy them.

My ship lays there, guns and all," he repeated.
When Tite had finished his story, the old man began his by saying: "Heaven forgive me, for I am a great sinner, and have much to answer for in the next world.

I was born in Bristol, England.

My father was a clergyman of the established church.