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ly get more than the value of their com¬ 
modities ; at least, they do not fail to ask 
plenty, and have cunning enough to lay 
down their case as very deplorable, which 
tends to excite in the breasts of com¬ 
manders of vessels, that sympathy which 
is so peculiar to sailors. The Shetland¬ 
ers, by these means, find a very good 
market for such things as they have to 
dispose of, and generally get as much 
meat and drink as they can take while 
on board. 
The Shetland Isles are divided into 12 
parishes, in which are placed 12 ministers, 
the office of some of whom is very labo¬ 
rious, there being different small islands 
in one parish: besides, the paths are re¬ 
markably bad, and the people so wretch¬ 
edly poor, that they cannot afford to ac¬ 
commodate their pastor in times of pub¬ 
lic examinations, visitations, &c. inso¬ 
much, that, unless he carry with him, on 
those occasions, some store of viaticum , 
