<)f the Shetland Islands, fot 
thereby the deyotic)ns of the church were much impeded, he 
obviated their repetition, by assuring his parishioners, that no 
treatment was more effectual than immersion in cold water^ and 
as his kirk was fortunately contigupus to a fresh-water lake, he 
gave notice that attendants should be at hand, during divine 
service, to ensure the proper means of, cure* The sequel need 
scarcely be told. The, fear of being carried out of the church, 
and into tlie water, acted like a charm; not a single Naiad 
was made, and the worthy minister has, for many years, had 
reason to boast of one of the best regulated congregations in 
Shetland. 
When I attended the kirk of Baliasta, a female shriek, the 
indication of a convulsion-fit, was heard; the minister (Mr 
Ingram of Fetlar) very properly stopped his discourse, until 
the disturber was removed ; and after advising all those who 
thought they might be similarly affected, to leave the church, 
he gave out in the mean time a psalm. The congregation was 
thus preserved from farther interruption ; for, on leaving the 
kirk, I saw several females writhing and tossing about their 
arms on the green grass, who durst not, for fear of a censure 
from the pulpit, exhibit themselves after this manner within the 
sacred walls of the kirk. 
y. Account of the Teutonic Fortress, called the Burgh of 
Mousa. 
I passed along the shore of the open bay of Sandwich, which 
has been the grave of many seamen, who, by mistaking it for 
Bressay Harbour, have suffered all the horrors of shipwreck ^ 
upon its exposed shores. In crossing a headland to the east of 
the Inlet, a small low island, named Mousa, separated from the 
Mainland by a narrow strait, first rises to view : this spot is 
little diversified with hill and dale ; it contains one good house 
with out-buildings and cottages. But the most conspicuous 
object that lines its shores is the Burgh of Mousa, a circular 
building, which, if it did but taper towards its summit, would 
present no unapt similitude of a modern glass-house. This 
ancient fortress stands close to the water's edge ; b)^ crossing, 
