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Bothwell, who fled to Shetland; hence 
the rock has its name. 
The paltry village of Scallaway lies 
also on the Mainland, and has an excel¬ 
lent harbour. Near this is the ancient 
castle of Scallaway, built by one of the 
Earls of Orkney. 
These are the only two towns, or vil¬ 
lages, in the Shetland Isles. 
Mainland is upwards of sixty miles 
long from north to south; and in some 
places it is upwards of twelve miles in 
breadth. 
This island is so shaped, that no part 
of it lies above three miles from the sea . 
It consists of a great multitude of ir¬ 
regular promontories, and has a vast 
number of peninsulse connected by nar¬ 
row isthmuses, insomuch that it abounds 
with bays and harbours almost innumer¬ 
able. 
In the parish of North Mevan, a penin¬ 
sula belonging to this Island, stands the 
