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The Captain finding men very scarce* 
and wages high* did not engage any 
hands at Lerwick. We afterwards weigh¬ 
ed anchor and sailed out of the north 
entrance for Balti Sound, Island of 
Unst. 
Balti Sound is in the middle of the 
east side of the Island, into which it 
stretches nearly two miles. Before the 
entrance, is a large narrow Island, called 
Balti, whence the Sound derives its name, 
and which shelters it from all winds ; and 
forms an excellent safe harbour or an¬ 
choring place for such ships as may 
necessarily put in here. If .a ship be 
leaky, there are several very commodious 
beaches on which she may be laid until 
thoroughly repaired. 
This harbour used to be the most 
frequented of any in Shetland, especial¬ 
ly by ships going to Archangel and 
Greenland. 
Unst is the remotest of the Shetland 
