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and nearly half a mile broad. The banks 
of this loch exhibit pleasant and most 
beautiful scenery. From this loch a 
few smaller ones run to the southern part 
of the Island. 
The headlands here rise to the height 
of sixty or seventy fathoms ; but the 
shores of the bays and harbours are low 
and sandy. 
About this Island are scattered here 
and there a great many very small ones., 
Around the coast are several curious 
natural caves. One at Sha has its roof 
supported by octagonal pillars. 
At Burra Frith are a vast number of 
small caves, running from the sea under 
the hills. One of these only is entered 
once a year, and robbed of the seals 
which frequent it. The rest are mostly 
inaccessible. 
To the east of this, under an arm of 
the hill of Saxaforth, is a magnificent 
natural arch three hundred feet long, and 
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