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Fig. 162. Low land along the east coast ot' the southern portion of Mainland. 

 I The coast northwards from Sumburgh Head, seen from the north-weast. II Southward 

 view along the coast from the sea off Mousa. Ill View northwards along the coast from 

 the sea off Mousa. IV View southwards along the coast from the sea off Helli Ness. 



V View northwards through Bressay Sound from Lerwick. August 23, 191 1. 



Shetland Islands. 



As I considered it to be of interest to study the strandfiat on an ex- 

 posed island group far out in the ocean, I sailed across to Shetland for a 

 few days in August 191 1. The stay was, however, too short for a real 

 survey, and I could only expect to get a general impression of the topo- 

 graphy of the coast. I sailed along the whole east coast of Mainland and 

 nearly to its north end, and I landed at several places. I also crossed the 

 island from Lerwick to Weisdale Voe on the west coast. 



The Shetland Islands have a very complicated geological structure. 

 In the southern portion of Mainland the clay-slate series, with associated 

 limestones and quartzites, prevails. Its eastern sea-board from Lerwick 

 southwards is skirted by the lower Old Red Sandstone (Devonian). The 

 north-western half of Mainland, as well as the islands ^^'halsev. Yell, and 



