194 ORKNEY. 



I have seen some pretty female faces in Orkney, but 

 the men are generally handsomer than the women. 

 They are a people of whom I have formed a very high 

 opinion, both morally and intellectually. The criminal 

 and pauper rolls of Orkney will, I believe, bear a most 

 favourable comparison with those of any part of the 

 kingdom. 



The country presents many objects of interest to the 

 antiquarian, the naturalist, the farmer, and the merchant. 

 Hospitable, intelligent, industrious, and self-reliant, the 

 Orcadians are sure to keep well abreast of their neigh 

 boon. 



