DESCRIPTION

OF THE

SHETLAND ISLANDS,

COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR

GEOLOGY, SCENERY, ANTIQUITIES, AND

SUPERSTITIONS.

BY

SAMUEL HIBBERT, M. D. F. R. S. E. &c.

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
AND HURST, ROBINSON AND CO. LONDON.

1822.

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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. R 1899 L

TO THE

WERNERIAN SOCIETY

OF EDINBURGH,

THE PRESENT VOLUME IS, WITH MUCH RESPECT,

INSCRIBED,

AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HIGH ESTIMATION

ENTERTAINED BY THE WRITER REGARDING THE OBJECTS OF

THAT INSTITUTION,

AND THE ZEAL OF ITS MEMBERS IN ILLUSTRATING

THE

NATURAL HISTORY

OF THE

BRITISH ISLANDS.