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"Bounties of the Sea\nThe Isles of Scilly&amp;#39;s Rocky Shores Yield a Figurehead Collection Called Valhalla\nThe Old Grimsby shorefront on England\u2019s Tresco island welcomes visitors.\nTwo of the approximately 50 figureheads in the collection. It was started in 1840 by the lord proprietor, Augustus Smith, who procured the items after they washed ashore.\nValhalla, the Ships\u2019 Figurehead Collection is set amid verdant gardens.\nThe rocks off the coast of Bryher, the first and most treacherous of the Isles of Scilly to be reached after an Atlantic crossing, were the site of numerous shipwrecks.\nAn eagle, probably Mexican, pulled from wreckage before 1850.\nLadies in white line up near Friar Tuck, named for its ship, a Liverpool tea clipper.\nA man in formal attire was recovered from the wreckage of the Palinurus in 1848.\nMany of the figureheads, including this woman, are from unknown sources.\nOne of the figureheads on display is wearing traditional Highland clothing.\nThe plantings of the Tresco Abbey Garden flourish in the frost-free climate."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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