The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Fourth. A Pisgah View from the Rock.

In which the entwined geography of the volcanic isles is laid out, their eerie bays and barren crags harbouring strange mirages and whispered enchantments, while the restless sea carries tales of ships both spectral and stalwart amidst these desolate waters. The narrative turns its gaze to the remote refuge Barrington Isle, once a sanctuary for bold Buccaneers, where the wild and strange harmonise in a fleeting grasp of solace and rugged utility amid the vast, indifferent ocean.