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; 1822. 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. |