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morning. The people told us they never expected 

 we had gone out of the voe in such a stormy day, 

 and the fishermen at the fishing-station would not 

 believe we had been on the west side of Rona's 

 Hill and got safe on shore again in such a heavy 

 gale of wind. 



On the 9th I took the boat and went to Voe, a 

 small village so called situated at the head of Rona's 

 Voe, for the purpose of making arrangements 

 for my return to Lerwick, to effect which it was 

 necessary to hire a boat at Ollerberry, as I wished 

 not to return the same way I came, for the sake 

 of seeing more of the country. At Voe I hired a 

 horse and a guide, and travelled over a highly moun- 

 tainous country to Ollerberry, where I had the 

 oleasure of meeting with Mr. Sheen (brother to the 

 entleman of that name who resides at Tanwick), 

 who very kindly invited me to remain at his house, 

 which invitation I accepted, as my business hap- 

 pened to be with himself; for he having all the men 

 in the place in his employ, it was necessary to ob- 

 tain a boat and crew from him. My request was 

 immediately granted, and he assured me that at 

 any time I chose to appoint the boat should be in 

 readiness, at the same time advising me to choose 

 moderate weather and when the tide was in our 

 favour; we should then be able to reach Lerwick 



