. The North Devon coast. le-known,clinging to the trip to Lundy, which impels even io6 LUNDY 107 J^ortdZijAt^o ne!-ffccJr ^ennjs (oue^ the worst of sailors to commit himself to the symp-toms of sea-sickness, for sake of an out-of-the-wayexperience : although, to be sure, the trip to theisland is now a commonplace, everyday affair. Lundy has everbeen a place, if not ^-*^*-^^- exactly of mystery, «*/ ^^..?&-n. 0>^ li^> g io8 THE NORTH DEVON COAST The isle contains 1046 acres, chiefly of barrenupland, covered with rough grass, gorse, heather,and bracken, and inhabited at the present d
. The North Devon coast. le-known,clinging to the trip to Lundy, which impels even io6 LUNDY 107 J^ortdZijAt^o ne!-ffccJr ^ennjs (oue^ the worst of sailors to commit himself to the symp-toms of sea-sickness, for sake of an out-of-the-wayexperience : although, to be sure, the trip to theisland is now a commonplace, everyday affair. Lundy has everbeen a place, if not ^-*^*-^^- exactly of mystery, «*/ ^^..?&-n. 0>^ li^> g io8 THE NORTH DEVON COAST The isle contains 1046 acres, chiefly of barrenupland, covered with rough grass, gorse, heather,and bracken, and inhabited at the present day bysome thirty-five persons. Mentioned in the Welsh legends of mysteryand magic, the Mabinogion, Lundy was known tothe Welsh as Caer Sidi. Its present title is due toScandinavian settlers, who named it from the Lund, or puffin that then, as now, frequentedit in great numbers. The real, as opposed to thelegendary, history of Lundy begins in 1199, whenKing John gave it to the Knights Templars. It atthat time belonged to the de Marisco family, andwas, consequently, not really in the kings gift,but such small considerations as those of privateownership were very frequently overlooked by theNorman sovereigns. Moreover, the Mariscos ap-pear to have been at the time in rebellion againstthe Crown. But William de Marisco the then lord,by no means agreed to this disposal of his islandhome, and as the king had merely given it to
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