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A SANATORIUM
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time, but the wave which sank the admiral's ship floated the S. George from the rocks.

The body of Sir Cloudesley Shovel was picked up at Forth Hellick by a soldier and his wife, who gave it decent burial in the sand. It was afterwards conveyed at Lady Shovel's desire to Westminster Abbey and laid there. She rewarded the soldier with a pension for life, and with the diamond ring from the finger of her husband.

Finally, with its amount of sunshine, with its equable temperature, and its air charged with ozone, I believe Scilly will be the sanatorium of the future.

Note.—Book to be consulted:—
Tonkin (J. C. and R. W. ), Guide to the Isles of Scilly. Penzance, n.d. A capital little book.