Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . SHETLAND SHETLAND testimony of Skaldie songs, and the stained and mutil-ated fragments of old charters and parchments, theyhave attracted the attention of antiquarians and scholarsas the chronicles and archives of no other country havedone. There are a large numher of little brooks, many ofwhich near their mouths contain good trout. Thereare also a large number of fresh water lochs, many ofthem of fair size. The principal are the lochs of Cliff,Watlee, Stourhoull, and Snarravoe in Unst;

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Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . SHETLAND SHETLAND testimony of Skaldie songs, and the stained and mutil-ated fragments of old charters and parchments, theyhave attracted the attention of antiquarians and scholarsas the chronicles and archives of no other country havedone. There are a large numher of little brooks, many ofwhich near their mouths contain good trout. Thereare also a large number of fresh water lochs, many ofthem of fair size. The principal are the lochs of Cliff,Watlee, Stourhoull, and Snarravoe in Unst; GossaWater, Lumbister, Colvister, Vatsetter, and Kettlesterin Yell; Papil Water in Fetlar ; Moosa Water, MuckleLunga Water, Tonga Water, Roer Water, Gluss Water,Eela Water, Punds Water, and Burraland Loch, in theN and NW of Mainland ; Clousta Loch, Vaara Loch,Sulma Water, Burga Water, Lunga Water, VoxterbyLoch, and Gossa Water in the centre (W) of Mainland ;and Strom Loch, Tingwall Loch, Vatsetter Loch, andLoch of Spiggie in the centre and S. Formerly thefishing was poor, as every means legal and illeg

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