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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THE OLDEST COTTAGE IN THE ORKNEYS 



This is a type of "crofter's cottage," now fortunately almost obsolete. It is several 

 hundreds of years old. The woman in the doorway was born here, as were her father and 

 grandfather. A crofter in the Scottish Highlands and adjacent islands is one who rents and 

 tills a croft, or small agricultural holding. 



Photographs hy Charles S. Olcott 



THE HARBOK OF LERWICK, SHETLAND ISLANDS 



More than eleven hundred fishing-boats are moored in the harbor every Saturday night 

 during the season. On Monday scarcely one can be seen. Lerwick is the center of a great 

 herring fishery. 



