...the Shetland Archipelago, they would be naturally opposed to each other. A gentleman has remarked to me that he has been for five days becalmed in a sloop...between Fitfiel Head and Sumburgh Head, which are distant from each other about three miles, without being able to pass either point ; one current carrying...

...and southerly extremities of the Shetland Archipelago, they would be naturally opposed to each other. A gentleman informed me that he has been for five...shore, yet another tide always carried her off again *. But although there is an opposition of currents from Sumburgh to Fair Isle, and no doubt from thence...

...liko 'iJnd, deceived in the confidence I placed in the cottager* of Shetland." A gentleman informed us that " he has been for five days becalmed in a- sloop between Fitful-Head and Sumburgh-Head, which are only distant from each other about three miles, •without...