Shetland

Shetland, also spelled Zetland, is a group of over 100 islands, islets, and skerries, of which 29 are inhabited, forming the northernmost county of Scotland, lying out in the Atlantic, Nonrth-North-East 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 is the capital.

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