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“Do you know, Jane, I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat? I have worn it since the day I lost my only treasure, as a memento of her.”

Normally, by July, the mail boat that serves six of the small and rugged islands of northern Penobscot Bay — Barred, Butter, Eagle, Bear, Scrag and Great Spruce Head — would be weighed down with letters and packages, plus a dozen or so passengers at $25 per ride.

Ravinder Bhogal of Jikoni, London “I cook scrag end of mutton slowly overnight with warming spices like cinnamon and black cardamom, then top it with a thick layer of spice-infused creamy mash - enough to insulate an igloo – to make scrag end pie.”

Their unique classical chamber music concert series, Scrag Mountain Music, presented its first concert in January 2011, and a loyal audience has been growing ever since.

Scrag Mountain has become successful enough to hire a professional administrator.