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the Weft j which occafions many Shipwrecks. There 
have been three or four on the Hland in the Time I 
was there. 
The Land is mountainous and moorifh, abound- 
ing with Mofs and Heather ; under which they dig 
Peat (or Turf) for Firing ; under that is hard Rock. 
Their Horfes are very little, but ftrong, and well 
mettled, which they call Shelties. Their Oxen, 
Swine, and Sheep, of which laft they have Plenty, 
and their Cattle of all Kinds, are fmall. The Price 
of a Horfe is a Guinea ; an Ox fomewhat lefs 5 a 
Sheep half a Crown ; a Calf Six -pence. Rabbets they 
have in fome Parts of the Country. Frogs and Toads 
there are none ; nor, perhaps, any poifonous Animals. 
There are many Otters, which they call Tikes ; and Seals, 
which they call Selkies : Sometimes there are many 
young Whales, which they call Tellacks, or Spout- 
Whales: They run into the Creeks, and fo intangle 
themfelvcs among the Rocks, that they are caft on 
the Shore, or ealily taken. 
There are Plenty of Sea weeds, called Tangle , grow- 
ing on the Rocks, of which might be made Kelp 
for the making of Soap. There is Plenty of Shell- 
fifh of mod Kinds : Their Oyftcrs are the beft I -ever 
eat. In the Sea they catch Cod, Ling, Haddock, 
Whitings, Scate, Turbuf, Herrings, Cole-lifh, Flukes, 
Trouts, <&c. 
There are many Sorts of Wild-fowl 5 namely, 
the c Dnnter Goofe, Clark Goofe, Solan Goofe, 
Swans, Ducks, Teal, Whaps, Toifls, Lyres, Kitti- 
waiks, Maws, Plovers, Scarfs, <&c. there is like- 
wife the Ember-Goofc, which is Laid to hatch her 
Egg under her Wing : This is certain, that none 
ever faw her on the Land, or out of the Water 5 
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