. The earth and its inhabitants .. . s a source of danger to the mariner, as the islands arefrequently enveloped in dense fogs, and an appeal to the sounding-lead affordsno information as to the proximity of land. Often, too, powerful roosts, ortidal currents, carry vessels out of their proposed course into the midst of Island, or Foula, which lies in mid-ocean, 18 miles to the west of Mainhmd,is more formidable of aspect than any other island of the Shetland group. Thesmall creek on its south-eastern coast is at all times dangerous of Kaim, or culminating summit of th
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . s a source of danger to the mariner, as the islands arefrequently enveloped in dense fogs, and an appeal to the sounding-lead affordsno information as to the proximity of land. Often, too, powerful roosts, ortidal currents, carry vessels out of their proposed course into the midst of Island, or Foula, which lies in mid-ocean, 18 miles to the west of Mainhmd,is more formidable of aspect than any other island of the Shetland group. Thesmall creek on its south-eastern coast is at all times dangerous of Kaim, or culminating summit of the island, rises to a height of 1,370 feet, and * John Wilson, British Farming. 346 THE BRITISH ISLES. its cliffs present sheer precipices of 1,000 feet. The bold men who visit thisrocky island in search of birds and birds eggs cause themselves to be attached toa rope, and lowered from the top of the cliffs. The Shetland Islands as well as the Orkneys have frequently been identified Fig. 170.—The Shetland 1 : 40n, Depth 0 to 56Iatboms. 5 Miles. with the Ultima Thule of ancient writers, although there can be no doubt that theThule discovered by Pytheas of Marseilles, and placed by him under the ArcticCircle, must have been Iceland. The Hebrides, which lie to the west of Scotland,
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