Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ... northward of St. Ninian's Island, between it and the Halvera Islauds, is the entrance to Cliff Sound, an inlet which extends in a N. Easterly direction about 7 miles. The entrance is nearly a mile wide, with 25 and 30 fathoms in mid-channel, and free from rocks, except some sunken rocks close to Maywick Holm, which in sailing up you leave on the starboard hand. On the port side is the long, narrow island called House or East Burra, and further on is a small island named Trondra. West Burra Island lies to the westward of House Island, and runs in a direction nearly parallel to it; a small island lies off its western side, to which it is joined by a reef of rocks. To the northward are Oxna, Papa, and Channes Islands, the former being nearly surrounded with rocks. To the eastward of these are three rocks above water, and the. small islands Green Holm and Merry Holm. Longa and Hildasay are to the northward, and several barren rocks, called Sandistura, lie to the northward of Hildasay, extending N.N.E. E. and S.S.W. W. nearly 1$ mile. Off the west side of Hildasay ia a reef of rocks, and between it and Skelda Ness is another barren islet, or rather reef, called Bragin. These islands and rocks have all deep water around'them, and there are passages between most of them to the different voes or inlets in this part of Mainland. SCALLOWAY.--Through Cliff Sound small vessels may pass to Scalloway; but there is a bar between the N.E. point of Trondra and the main, which can be crossed only at high water, when there are 2 fathoms over it. Scalloway is a village next in importance to Lerwick, and is distinguished by an ancient castle, the position of which, as determined by the late survey of Mr. Thomas, R.N., is lat. 60 8' 31" N., and...