Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21
WILD OCEAN TIDES
feat Lash Fhs craxxy Hsaalznds
of tas hsrshsrn Islss.
As 90 9f~e~sys scraps "a atsassx 80
Nsrseas tastssss shae 49, Bs ,~ea
As"@t th- sAs1i@asl. osssss ssa
Pave tsIaads.

ing from the ofsneys % ths shetlsna
i''snds, distance u perhaps TOO miles
tfQin hifAsall, tns caplfol of TIE forsn
sr. % i.ssWieA. me capital og the lattes.
i = possible TOE the traveller 10 eaeonn-
ier ths hercest ocean tides. ana TIE
toughest salers kD0sn - aay seaa he
pef.sogs tideway = called tae R,ost
iAgfse. g9st, rde race OF sumburxh.
and the sasefs sweep through a Win
Incredible velocity. oae $ 10 h4s knoNa
t1s r0uEaest passage from Dover 10
talals, across tne English Chaunsl. Nill
rsmemhef that experience as A gents
Sal after tumbling about Ia TIE sum-
bafsa koost and parucularly that pof
t.on asafgst the southern headlands ot
naetlsud kaowu az tie "west shot, of
epmbggZh. Your steamer Ia tie pas
slge sails almost " tn.a haihng distanee
oi lone Far Isle, standing midway be-
tween the orkueys and shetland. and
t's natives invariably lnteTcsp. passing
vessels in their curious, frail vawls.
eager for newspapers, magazines ami
ary scrap og knowledge Of the out.lde
world tar Tale vas the Fudarey of
the oikneylnga saga. 10 aud one or
Two ot lhe Faro o. sheep Islands. No
spot u al these northern seas receives
such lasb.ugs and beallngs from the
Atlantic aod ts $50 souls are never
frec from lhe shrek ing Oi sea-fOwl or
tnf aowiings Of the deep. Tie island
has uo lighthouse, add has been the
scene OF many terrible shipwreck. In
1855 "El lsrAn Gnton," a Nar-ship OF
tae great spanish Armanda, com
manded by Juan Goms de Medila a, went
% pieces IA S.vars clio, on It's desc
late shores. Elghty-slx souls persisted
Iwo hundred reached land, many OF
whom died OF starvation. Others were
thfOwH from the cliff. by the perturbed
natives Who believed that the crew Of
RI GTan GufOn" had been sent 10 des-
troy them. Those escaping death bv
sea, starvation and murder, finally Sc
cured liberation and a sort OF friend
sngp which had curious results. The
Spanish sailors became, until they we're
rescued from the island, dependents
aud slaves. Seeking the good Will Of
their farOese masters, tho Spanlards
actually sDun yarn, wOve at hand d-looms
and knit Tor the women. That was
nearly three and 4 half centuries ago;
but the very patterns IN stockings,
gloves, capes and lvTseys for which
the Faroe Islands arc today famous,
were then taught them by the ship
wrecked crew OF "El Gran GrifOn;"
lhey are identical with those now worn
~ the pescadores of Barcelona and
Spanish southern ports, while II Is even
sad that Murillo, who gave the Louvre,
ln Paris, is matchicss Madonna,
painted similar patterns upon a shawl
iu hls study OF the Flower Girl, now
seen In the Dulwich Gallery, London
lt one can keep good sealegs under
him, the approach to Shetland Is inter
estiug and exciting. Your steamer
bounds, lgrches and pounds through
trenle ndOus seas, and strange trem-
bling OF the strongest vessel Is always
felt As the unseen forces OF the tideway
contend Tor mastery. Straight before
you Is the southcrmOst shetland sea-
nose. the grim precIpicC OF >umburgh
Head. crowned by a noble hght-h ouse,
the first ever erected in Shetland, built
by Robert Stevenson, the great Scottish
engineer. N ls20. Around % the west,
rs hase white for an hundred feet high
with the spume OF the sea, and its mgh-
est peak as white as drifting nlists. rises
upwards Of 900 feet, wild Fitful Head,
the legendary home Of SCOTS Norma.
the Reimkenner, as dark, foroiddiug
and fearful n spot "a ever human eyes
looked upon. To the east, here ard
there fcathery lines of smoke on the
sea-horixon tell of tho going aud COM
ing CT German ocean tramp" steam
ers or traders OF the Baltic feet.
Nearer. in tho foreground, ike
s. a-fowl resting upon the water while
summing their uplrtted wings, the sails
Of countless Dutch and scottish herring
husses. Then. Great Ness. Lambhoga
Head ard tho Waue Of skewsburg are
"a swiftly raised. When alongside
Mousa Island the weird Plctish broch
or tower OF Mousa IS seen. grey old
senuGel Ot The wraIths OF ancient Morse
hosts. crowniug the desOlate moorlaud
landscape. iu a half nour more you
are passing through the noble southern
entrance 90 Brcss3y sound, a western
arm 90 which forms tue capaclous haT-
hor &c icFwlck There is no finer
anchorage in The world. Many n time,
p century or So ago. Zuoo DutCh herring
bussCs. with hundreds ol other curious
orca8esu. Ice.sudic. Morse and iialtc
cratt nfzht have been seen within the
sound at one time. Picturesque head
lrrts rr1ch out AID around from the
rortb aad south. from the western or
maitland crescent shaped shore, while
cn the east tho splendid island Of
Rressav nigh and grand IN places,
forms a ClrcUng eastern sea-wail TO
guard the Sound AMI harbor from the
tenpests nf the German Ocean.
Bfrssay sound VAS the Ere thcvjar-
sund. or Broadisland- sound. of the
N0rso. ard she Buss Haven of the Am
sferdam Feet lt vas 1crs that King
Nakon came wlth h.S wonderful feet OF
POO xailevs. when on nis 4 sastrous cx.
ped ton. terminating IN the hattie of
farSs cur own red3ubtable Paul
zones once came here fo loot the CAPT
tsf &C the ~hstlauds But he ran away
arau snerdfiv Hundreds of shetland
unuen riluted the kuah. a prumon-
cory rear. to gst a better view of the
Yankee Plrate.r They al wore rcd
retncosis The hero of The Ranger
snd Eic'srl believing them t0 be The
red uniforms of a isrgs garrison
20 King Georges soid 'srs. I'D rot stop
t0 even pucr' and cat herring
vth the Sheiisnders. fut made away
as fast as h.s shfps ss,is could carry
h-m t0 the ~olvsv Firth. wners &c
failed r a0 atismpt to 3eSpo'I SCOT and
81 her Eoot Esrl cf Selk.rk. IN krcud-
shtshfrr The ares of Bressay
Isiand r. perhaps f2oo0 scres lt hss
a population cf fooo souls All the