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Orkney and Shetland

ILLUSTRATIONS

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SHETLAND

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Crofter’s Cottage 104

Kittiwakes. Noss Isle 112

Shag on Nest. Noss Isle 113

Sumburgh Head and Lighthouse 117

Bressay Lighthouse and Foghorn 118

Cliff Scenery, Noss. Bressay 119

Mavis Grind, looking south 121

Muckle Flugga Lighthouse 123

The Kame, Foula 126

Wind Roses, showing the prevailing winds at Sumburgh Head 129

Graph showing average Rainfall and Temperature 130

Sunrise at Midsummer, 2.30 a.m. 132

Single-Stilted Shetland Plough 136

Carding and Spinning 137

“Leading” Home the Peats 138

Dutch Fishing Fleet in Lerwick Harbour 140

Steam Drifters and Fish Market, Lerwick 141

Shoal of Whales 143

A Busy Day at Victoria Pier, Lerwick 144

Broch of Mousa 147

Ground Plan, Broch of Mousa 148

Sectional Elevation, Broch of Mousa 149

Gold Armlet (Norse) from Isle of Oxna 150

Bressay Stone. Obverse and Reverse 151

Sandstone Slab with Ogham Inscription from Cunningsburgh 151

Lunnasting Stone 152

Burra Stone 152

Scalloway Castle 153

Muness Castle, Unst 154

Town Hall, Lerwick (Midnight, June) 155

Arthur Anderson 158

Anderson Institute, Lerwick 159

Lerwick, North and South 162

Scalloway 163

Diagrams 164

The illustrations on pp. 104, 112, 113, 118, 119, 162, are from photographs by Mr J. D. Ratter, Lerwick; those on pp. 117, 121, 123, 126, 132, 138, 140, 141, 143, 144, 147, 153, 154, 155, 159, 163, by Mr R. H. Ramsay, Lerwick; that on p. 137 by Valentine & Sons, Ltd., those on pp. 148, 149, 152, are from Tudor’s Orkney and Shetland by permission of Edward Stanford, Ltd., and that on p. 158 by permission of Mr J. Nicolson of Glenmount, Lerwick.

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