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Cloud-capt mountain of Rona, the highest 
in Shetland. It is eight miles long, four 
broad, and three thousand nine hundred 
and forty-four geometrical feet above 
the level of the sea ; serving for a land¬ 
mark to fishers, and vessels coming from 
the Northern Ocean. 
From the top of this lofty eminence 
the eye commands an extensive and 
pleasing prospect, stretching fifty miles 
at least in every direction. The great 
number of small islands and peninsulas 
scattered beneath, and often a distant 
view of vessels in summer, affords a most 
agreeably diversified scene. 
On the summit of this mountain stands 
a house, called the Watch-house, in 
which six or seven men can sit. It is 
constructed pf four large stones, covered 
by two more for a roof, on the top of 
which is erected a pyramidal tower of 
small stones. 
In the sapie parish stands a rock ris- 
