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former heated with oil stoves during cold weather, the latter, which is 

 a large building, capable of seating 700 or 800 people, has only spiritual 

 comforts, and is not much frequented, the stoA-^es seemingly having 

 the effect of drawing a large number of people from the establishment. 



The island of Unst is well supplied with fresh-water lochs, the 

 largest of which is Loch of Cliff, about three miles in length, where 

 good trout fishing may be had ; by the way, the fresh-water and sea 

 fishing is free, as is also the rabbit, golden plover and snipe shooting. 

 A first class road, with a branch to Belmont, extends from Baltasound 

 to TJyeasound, there is also a good road from Baltasound in a north- 

 easterly direction to Haroldswick, otherwise the moor has to be taken 

 for reaching Burrafirth, Woodwick, &c., but in no case is the walking 

 heavy. 



The hills of Hermaness* 657 feet and Saxavord* 934 feet rise on 

 either side of Burrafirth in the north, and overlook the Muckle Flugga 

 lighthouse, which is erected upon a mere rock, and is the most nor- 

 therly inhabited spot in the British Isles. 



With regard to the chief object of my visit, I may mention that 

 the absence of trees, long heather, or long herbage of any description, 

 in which the insects might find shelter, rendered col\ectir\g JVieuroptera 

 a matter of some difficulty, as most of the specimens had to be ob- 

 tained by searching under stones, &c. The late Mr. Edmondston 

 planted about two acres of trees near his house of Haligarth, Balta- 

 sound ; these trees he enclosed within a high stone wall, to the height 

 of which the trees managed to struggle, when they bent their heads 

 in a horizontal direction so as to escape the keen winds from the sea. 

 In this plantation I found many insects, such as Psocidce, Hemerohides, 

 and Glirysopa, which, I have very little doubt, were introduced with 

 the shrubs, as none of these are to be found elsewhere in the island. 

 Dragon flies do not occur in Unst as far as I could learn. I asked 

 several of the natives and showed them specimens, but they did not 

 remember to have seen anything like them, and I think that if dragon 

 flies did occur I must have seen them, as I had been at all the promising 

 localities on very favourable days. 



On my way to Unst I spent a couple of days at Lerwick, in the 

 neighbourhood of which I was fortunate enough to capture a few 

 insects, the localities of which I will add after the Unst localities in 

 brackets. 



I will now proceed with the systematic list of my captures. 



* Forffiing two of the three British localities where the Great Skua is still to be found. I 

 saw several of these fine birds on both hills. 



