of a considerable height, through which 
a boat can row. 
The Shetland Isles, (called by the 
Dutch, Zetland; and by the Danes, Yet- 
land,) lie between sixty and sixty-one 
degrees of north latitude, and have their 
longest day about nineteen, and their 
shortest about five hours; and vice versa . 
These Islands, with those of the Ork¬ 
neys, make one of the counties of Scot¬ 
land, which send a representative to the 
British Parliament. 
The climate of these, as of all other 
Isles of like size, is far from being settled. 
The atmosphere is, in general, moist. 
They have also heavy snows, but not 
much frost; and are often visited by 
dreadful storms of wind, rain, and thun¬ 
der, in so much that the water is agitated 
even to the bottom of these compara¬ 
tively shallow seas. 
Owing to the great refraction of nor¬ 
thern latitudes, for about three months 
