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THE DEONGS. 



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Fair Island, said to be composed of sandstone with high per- 

 pendicular cliffs. The current runs with such velocity, that 



Fig. 41. 





Granitic rocks named the Drongs, between Papa Stour and Hillswick Ness. 



during a calm, and when there is no swell, the rocks on its 

 shores are white with the foam of the sea driven against 

 them. The Orkneys, if carefully examined, would probably 



Fig. 42. 



Granitic rocks to the south of Hillswick Ness, Shetland. 



much 



The north-east promontory of Sanda, one of these islands, 



times by the sea, so that it 



has been cut off 



- 



modern 



