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populated ; it abounds with freshwater lakes, and 

 having numerous inlets of the sea is admirably- 

 adapted for the collecting of specimens : the place 

 itself affords poor accommodation to the traveller, 

 but the hospitality of the inhabitants amply com- 

 pensates for this want. In returning from Aceter 

 to Lerwick the traveller should pass through Yell 

 Sound, in which there are many small islands 

 where birds are very numerous ; if agreeable 

 to himself the traveller may stay some days on 

 his route at the different fishing- stations, from 

 whence at any time a boat can easily be procured 

 to proceed to Lerwick. After having taken a 

 tour of the Northern Isles, the next place worth vi- 

 siting is Scallaway. I have already mentioned the 

 islands lying off there, where the Stormy Petrel 

 breeds, along with many species of Gulls, &c. 

 The southern extremity of the mainland does not 

 afford so many birds as the north, for being more 

 populous, and the birds consequently much dis- 

 turbed, they naturally retire to those parts where 

 they are more secure. 



Those who travel for pleasure will take a direc- 

 tion most agreeable to themselves, as a few days' 

 delay at any place is no inconvenience to them ; 

 but one whose object is profit as well as plea- 

 sure, and whose time is of importance, ought so 



