. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . of the exceptionally fortunate, he may here encounter a school of whales,and imagine; himself, but for the genial climate, an Arctic adventurer. Inthe course of this circuit there is an opportunity of visiting the most 2tO SCOTTISH PICTURES. northerly village in the British Isles, Haroldswick: so called from HaroldHaarfager, the Fair-haired, who founded the old Norwegian dynasty, andalso made himself master of these northern islands a thousand years ago. The climate of the Shetlands lacks the delicious softness of the Orkneys ;the c
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . of the exceptionally fortunate, he may here encounter a school of whales,and imagine; himself, but for the genial climate, an Arctic adventurer. Inthe course of this circuit there is an opportunity of visiting the most 2tO SCOTTISH PICTURES. northerly village in the British Isles, Haroldswick: so called from HaroldHaarfager, the Fair-haired, who founded the old Norwegian dynasty, andalso made himself master of these northern islands a thousand years ago. The climate of the Shetlands lacks the delicious softness of the Orkneys ;the constant dampness being chilly and oppressive to the visitor ; althoughin one of the latest and best accounts of these northern islands we read that Shetland, if liable to greater rainfall, has, so far as the writer can judge,a more bracing and exhilarating atmosphere during the summer months thanth(i southern group, where at times the heat is apparently much more intenseand oppressive, and in Shetland, even in the height of summer, it is always. I>;k\vick, Shetland. well to be provided with warm garments. The inhabitants ap|)ear a hardy race, honest, shrewd, and sensiljle. Ihey seem peculiarly open also to the lessons and inlluences of Christianity, and, besides the Presbyterian churches, there is also a mission ot the Baptists, which has effected great good. In courtesy and intelligence thc^ people compare favourably with those of any jilace in (ircat Hritain. The route from southwards on llic rastcni siile passes by thelonely tower of Mousa, on the island of that name This tower is worthvisiting as one of tlic bist preser\etl relics of rictisii occu])ation. We maybe allowed to cop\ the excelKiU description of il by Mr. M. j. i>. iSaddeley:It stands close to the shore on tlie west side of the small island whichgives it a name. Its nicasuremeiU is al>()nt lorty feet iiigh and filt\ in diameter; The Ork-irys and Shetlands, hy J. K. Iudoi, p. 411. SUMBURCII HEAD
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