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weather. I find the statement of Dr. Edmonston 

 agrees nearly with my own calculation ; I shall 

 therefore give it according to his account : but it 

 must be understood, that in travelling by water 

 you are frequently obliged to land short of your 

 intended destination, through bad weather, and 

 are sometimes detained several days, to the sad 

 increase of your expenses ; you have also the crew 

 to pay in additiou to the passage fare. The 

 freight of a boat with six men from Unst to 

 Fetlar is 2s. 6d. ; Uzea Sound to Reafirth, 6s. ; 

 Burra Voe to Lunna, 6s. ; Burra Voe to Sym- 

 bister, 9s. ; Whalsey to Lerwick, 12s. 5 Catfirth 

 to Lerwick, 6s. ; Lerwick to Dunrossness, 1/. ; 

 Scallaway to Sand or Rewick, 6s. I generally 

 found that a voyage in a four-oared boat cost me 

 one shilling a mile; the fares across the small 

 ferries are in proportion. The usual charge in 

 Shetland for horse-hire is about threepence per 

 mile, or you may engage for the day, when you 

 pay, according to the part of the country you may 

 be in, from Is. 6d. to 3s. per day. The allowance 

 to the guide is from Is. 6d. to 2s. per day; they 

 will not scruple to ask more, and I should advise 

 the traveller on all occasions to make a bargain 

 before starting. If you wish to hire a boat on 

 a shooting excursion for the day, with two men, 



