. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. s, and cutting and stealing their tails, theharbouring of idlers and beggars, the punishing of vagabonds, and the hiring Zetland Families, by Francis J. Grant, , Carrick Pursuivant of Arms, p. 15. - Gunsons Ancient and Present State of Orkney. 2 Orkney Papers. * Antiquarian Magazine. THE DICKS OF ORKNEY 43 of Shetlanders to strangers, all came within the duties of the sheriff-depute andhis bailies, who administered justice in all cases, both civil and criminal. But, as far as we know, after the de
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. s, and cutting and stealing their tails, theharbouring of idlers and beggars, the punishing of vagabonds, and the hiring Zetland Families, by Francis J. Grant, , Carrick Pursuivant of Arms, p. 15. - Gunsons Ancient and Present State of Orkney. 2 Orkney Papers. * Antiquarian Magazine. THE DICKS OF ORKNEY 43 of Shetlanders to strangers, all came within the duties of the sheriff-depute andhis bailies, who administered justice in all cases, both civil and criminal. But, as far as we know, after the death of Captain Andrew Dick, none of theFracafield family were ever appointed sheriff or bailie. This, however, did notexpatriate the Dicks from Shetland or Orkney. They remained as residentsthere for more than seventy years, being landowners and landlords in the burghof Lerwick and the surrounding parishes ; and as at that time their estates werepretty equally divided between the mainland of Orkney and the mainlandof Zetland, a by no means insignificant point of interest to them must have. OLD WINDMILL, NORTH RONALDSHAY. been the rock-bound islet, miscalled Fair Isle. Standing in mid-sea, half-waybetween Kirkwall and Lerwick, it is-easily seen from afar in/«/> weather byits conical height; but for months it is enshrouded in mist, becoming a source ofendless danger to the hapless mariners, lured to their fate by the strong gales,with neither warning-bell nor beacon-light to intimate their doom. In oldentimes, upon its summit, called Ward Hill, the heather fire was kept ablaze ;and the ruins of the guard-house can still be seen, where centuries ago thelonely watchman spent many a weary night, ready to kindle his signal-fire atthe approach of a hostile sail Upon each mountain s rugged heightGleamed luridly the watch-fires light,Isle signalled unto isle. To this day the islanders point out the spot where, in 1588, EL Gran Grifon, 1 Art Rambles in Shetland. By J. T. Reid. 44 THE
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