THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLANDS 



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PICKING LIMPETS' OFF THE ROCKS 



Photographs by Thomas Kent 



PIEBALD SHETLAND PONIES 



Not only arc the Shetland ponies diminutive, but the island's breed of cows is also small. 

 The Shetlanders pluck the wool from their sheep instead of shearing them, maintaining that 

 this insures a finer second crop. 



