The New Forest and the Isle of WightWith eight plates and many other illustrations . rmouth. From a drawing by R. Serle 9 Smugglers at Freshwater Cave. From an old print 14 The Needles from Alum Bay. By R. Serle 17 The Needles from Scratchells Bay. From a photograph by Messrs. F. Frith Ot Co. 19 Carisbrook Castle. After Luke Clenncll 22 Entrance to Carisbrook Castle. From an engraving by T. Stowers, 1785 .... 25 King Charles I.s Window, Carisbrook Castle. By R. Serle 29 Newport. By John Fulhvood 31 Cowes. Bv John Fullwood 33 West Cowes Castle. After Peter De Wint 35 (2uarr Abbey. By John Fullw
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The New Forest and the Isle of WightWith eight plates and many other illustrations . rmouth. From a drawing by R. Serle 9 Smugglers at Freshwater Cave. From an old print 14 The Needles from Alum Bay. By R. Serle 17 The Needles from Scratchells Bay. From a photograph by Messrs. F. Frith Ot Co. 19 Carisbrook Castle. After Luke Clenncll 22 Entrance to Carisbrook Castle. From an engraving by T. Stowers, 1785 .... 25 King Charles I.s Window, Carisbrook Castle. By R. Serle 29 Newport. By John Fulhvood 31 Cowes. Bv John Fullwood 33 West Cowes Castle. After Peter De Wint 35 (2uarr Abbey. By John Fullwood 37 4 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Shore near Ventnor. After Peter Dc Wint 41 The Undcrclift, near cntnor. By John Fulhvood 43 Blackgang Chine. After Peter De Wint 45 Brighstone Church. By R. Serle 47 Luccombe Chine. By John Fulhvood 49 Shalfleet Church. By John Fulhvood 54 Ryde One Hundred Years Ago. From an old print after T. Walmsly ... 56 Carcd Tombstones and Dial, Godshill. By R. Serle 60 Brading Haven. By John Fulhvood 64 The Manor House, Yaverland. By John Fulhvood 74. i I THE ISLE OF WIGHT CHAPTER I YARMOUTH AND THE ISLE OF FRESHWATER The King of the hie of Wight —The island a separate region, politically and geographi-cally—Its earlf Lords —Repeated French invasions—/// gallant resistance—Itstowns burnt—Their recovery after the fortification of the island by Henry Fill.—HowHenry Vlll. obtained the money for this—The melancholy history of Yarmouth—ItsCastle—Revival of the town—Its present condition—Lord Holmes—The ??Isle ofFreshwater —Its coast and cliffs—A visit to the seafowl in the Freshzvater cliffs—Totland Bay—Alum Bay—The Needles—ScratchelPs Bay—The great precipices—Number of rock-fowl—A cragsman on the cliff face. When Henry VI., with his own hands, crowned Henry BeauchampDuke of Warwick, King of the Isle of Wight, he was not so madas is commonly beheved. For though, as my Lord Coke observed inhis Institutes, the kin