Note 192 — Chapter X

Keightley, p. 169, from Hibbert, “Description of the Shetland Islands”; Wratislaw, p. 290; “F. L. Journal,” vol. vi. p. 165. As a point of resemblance with the Lady of the Van Pool, quoted further on, it may be noted that these seal-women (the legend of their capture is a common one in the Shetland Islands) had the power to conjure up from the deep a superior breed of horned cattle, many of whose offspring are still to be seen (Dr. Karl Blind in “Contemp. Rev.” 1881, quoted by Mac Ritchie, p. 4).