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Shetland
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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group of over 100 islands, islets, and skerries, of which 29 are inhabited, forming the northernmost county of Scotland, lying out in the Atlantic, NNE. of the Orkneys; Mainland (378 sq. m.), Fell, and Unst are the largest; the coast-line is boldly precipitous and indented, while the scenery all over the island is very grand; the soil is peaty, ill adapted to cultivation, but there is considerable rearing of stock, and the little shaggy pony is well known; fishing is the chief industry, herring, cod, ling, &c. Lerwick ( q. v .) is the capital.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shetland'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shetland.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shetland'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shetland.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
