THE ORKNEYS AXD SHETLAXDS 



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Photograph by Thomas Kent 

 A ^OUSTER FISHER OF BIRSAY, ORKNEY ISLANDS 



Out of a population of 10,000, some 2.000 Orcadians are engaged in the fisheries, the chief 

 catches being herring, cod, ling, lobsters, and crabs. 



