40 4 S C O T L A N D.
I s l e s .
North Vift.
Soui’h Vilt.
Orkneys.
hifie ftones about feven feet high,' a circle o f twelve {tones
with one in 'th e centre1 thirteen féér%n height.
T o the {birth of -Leuisfis;North Vift, about- twenty-two '^rafles, in
lehgth from E;' tb W . ah'd ‘abbdt 'feTveïiteèn in breadth Ni «te*ê.WÉor
rece'nt difcoveries have reft ore cb thi'Sdiflie* to -its '«proper ’form, ’amteig
many ibthor- iifipfovements^which have takenc plate’ - within ;fhefe têew
years <in Scotifh geography. The facè o f the country corj^fpoudWn
general with that o f L eu is; and trees’’are equally unknown/.Botatoes
are generally cultivated. Wefterly winds, with,;raih or fog, ufurpdwo
thifds of the year. vL o rd Macdonald is the proprietor.17 u
Thé fmall Me o f Benbecula, andTfome-others, lie bet-wixt!North’ and
Soü'th- V if t; thfc latter is>'<about twenty-three miles jiblengtHihfe to by
about te n iq breadth W. to E. The morafsy. cèntral chain extends Mlfo
through this ifle ; but ■to'thfc.éafÉ-aré dry bïlls’c th, heath.Mhd
verdure.'. The produ<ftienS'alfo-re£emble£thpfe§f} ’LggJ&V 2nd there-are
many fmalMakes fu l/o f excellent-trout. Chief ei^ports^b,l%ck/c^ttlelkid
kelp. Th is iffee ;is ajfo,hake4 o f wopd; ,
m The iflands of.Grkney and Shetland remain tc^lie, defc-ribed. The
Orkneys form a numerous, groupe,, around the "Main Land^ o r, what,
by ,'fpfiie sew and fabulous term, is^callesd.jPbn^qna.18-.' 'Oje 'Main Land
is about twenty-five miles inv,-length , to ^W /b y abppt>tjin:t£en in
breadthHSl. to S. . Kirkwall-,, the chief town- pf,the Ofkjieys>Vjyn'iafns
about three hundred houfes; and has a cat-hedfal;jde^iGafe^J:®iSt.
- Magnus, length 22,^ ^ p ^ jh e ig h t of the jp o f y i s ^£.fh&jftee.pje f id . It
is. built of freeftonê, and by Me, good fenfe aind tafte. oft; baa. Qycadiaw is
preferved moré entire than even the Cathedral a t , Qlatfa,QW-u«in.Oh'i30fite
Hands the bifhpp s palace, now called a caftle. The chief . exports of
Kirkwall are.beef, pork, butter, tallow, hides, ealfi { ^ q s ^ ra b b it fldns,
falted filh, oil, feathers, linen yarn, and coarfe linen, cloth, kelp,* and
in fruitful years corn. _ The chief imports 'are wood,. flaxv coal, fugar,
fpirits, wines, tobacco, and fnuff,' flour and bifcuit, foap, leather, hard-
17 Sttat.* 300. ' '
. T h e old' accounts arc Wallace’ s i f 93, and Brand’s 17014 the modern, the - Stati/lic
. * 1
19 Sta."Acc, ■ 'S
* Sanba produces great quantities o f ke lp ; when the Orkneys in general may yield 2,500
tons, 500 and 600 are drawn from that ifle only. S. A . vii. 455.
C H A R ’, m . # A > T U R & i P d ^ O G R A P H Y .
wares," Im d u f ifd f t ® ; b f n '^ 'y p 't l j ' e x p o r t
were talued at g j | ^ i ; and .th e U M l i 'M ab u fa iftu r^
are ‘h n e n fy lfn , j andflgpSriy k e l f ^ ^ r ibfroaabeh/
about K x t y | g ^ J |b ; b i® h h ^ b e e n g ^ p M ^ T e d over the
|§J§ m U i i 1S H
« 1 M | M fmall’bili
fpjrited ; ||yiefd'efec^jlent milk'.4. The
Ihfep m-felffi-iifan^1t"of Orkney’ Svpfne alfo
abotigH .o f ahiirty w h i^ e ^M u ^ im % J ijn in n ,ti^e'‘{ f ^ ? ' ^ | ^ nurcmfrl W
lilMMffllli « H i i W M i l i i i M i l Warded
E^ Ilfh’ anf tfiff J f l j M o®tlj'l 7pv.oplc actingu*]*|r 1 v ’ civi 1 iz;ed
g g g l g h k I y & t e f ^ ; # W t h o f e
> Pi,M !
M a i S’ke iijifhTmgMaf
■ ■ P f o rm s /r e f tin f H P M M M i l a
h ig h ’ro'ck: th e length ‘o f tHisJ MWg^^:p'ayesm ^ i ' is ^ h d u f a quarter of
m P I ;The‘ -w a r d 'H i iLW 'f i^ y >Me
™ is 162d'| le t» jW nd/ l “S e Mand o f t f l faihename,
^ romontb ty M w h ich d s ^ r o n p u l f c S l t f ^ J sW tW E n g i .
. : S f y 7 ! twen' ty-pI|a’M the!.*]
peopfl^a't ^ ' )o,y>3-5*" ai e/efi r 1 l^f ƒ!uulftjsne’,^ a n d ’ huMlfotu;^
l$p$Luij IMBai Mi
m m m a j a M a m W H M B H i 4nd
m B M i B i M B H M i B B i M M ■
fom ^m es thirty feet, iridength.- Mis
€ 'u d 7 's‘,f v e r7 a it> ^umerqqs h x l ^ r l l f o l ^ h a y e '^ t jh e a r w .
m m can fpray of
a e^ce of4 uch were-firftahe^ed, many oMer-Mharih’|# f f f i b uf{Mfe-> !
?r’'Xt! Proteaiori. J ;T h em :o1ifi{aM ani;.;bf1t h / h l '|h ) w l i i ^ in L ap^nd '
>m V W ^ ce* P ’ 24- Brand, 'p. 43. * , 21 S. A . x x .' 612^
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