FAIR ISLE AN 7 D FOULA. 



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which seems a tempting of Providence, we coast along 

 Bressay, and after a not very long pull reach the cave, an 

 opening about forty feet square at the mouth, but sixty feet 

 in height inside. I am unable to say how far it extends 

 inwards. I know that you can go in either so crookedly, 

 or so far, or perhaps both, as to lose the daylight. Hence 



HOMES OF THE POORER CLASS. 



it is necessary to take torches with you, for without them 

 you will neither see your way nor the beautiful stalactites 

 which adorn the sides, some like birds, others like draped 

 figures, and others which want similitude. 



It is called the Orkney man's Cave, from the circum- 

 stance of an Orkney sailor, when pursued by the press- 

 gang, having taken refuge in it. Once in,, he got on to a 



