21 ‘A General Geographical Description of Zetland,’ by Hugh Leigh, minister of the Gospel in Brassie and Burs, through John Marr; no date—probable c. 1670; Scottish History Society, 1908, p. 250. 22 Thomas Kirke, ‘An account of a Tour in Scotland,’ 1677; edited by P. Hume Brown, 1842, p. 32. 23 J. Wallace, ‘A Description of the Isles of Orkney,’ 1693, ed. 1883, p. 16. 24 J. Brand, ‘A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland Firth, and Caithness;’ Edinburgh, 1701, pp. 77-79. Brand was one of the ministers sent as a commission in 1700 by the General Assembly “to visit and order the Churches there.” 25 ‘A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland.’ To which is added ‘A Brief Description of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland,’ by Wm. Martin, Gent, 1703, p. 377. Martin’s statement is perilously like a copy of Brand’s, but he certainly did visit Shetland. 26 ‘Shetland Pony Stud-Book,’ vol. i. p. xl. 27 _E.g._, T. Gifford, ‘Historical Description of Zetland,’ 1733, pp. 22, 23, 26, 98. D. Edmonstone, ‘A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Isles,’ Edinburgh, 1809, vol. i. p. 226; vol. ii. p. 206. G. Sinclair, ‘A General View of the Agriculture of the Central Highlands of Scotland’ (Shetland Isles), 1794, p. 247. 28 ‘An Exact and Authentic Account of the greatest White Herring Fishery in Scotland, carried on yearly in the Island of Zetland by the Dutch only.’ To which is prefixed ‘A Description of the Island by a Gentleman who resided Five Years on the Island,’ London, 1750. Tracts on Orkney and Shetland, 1750-1801, p. 8; Library of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 29 “Observations on the Islands of Shetland,” 1801; Highland Society of Scotland’s publications, vol. ii. p. 7. 30 T. Gifford, ‘Historical Description of the Zetland Islands,’ 1733, ed. 1879, p. 22. 31 Highland Society Report, _loc. cit._ 32 ‘Statistical Account of Shetland,’ 1841, Section “Unst,” by John and James Ingram, p. 45. 33 ‘The Rider and Driver’: New York, December 1899. 34 James Mill’s Diary, 1740-1803, ed. 1889; Scottish History Society, vol. v. p. 86. 35 H. H. Dixon (“The Druid”), ‘Field and Fern,’ 1865, pp. 29, 30. 36 H. H. Dixon, _loc. cit._, pp. 12-15. 37 H. H. Dixon, _loc. cit._, p. 12. 38 James Fea, ‘Considerations on the Fisheries in the Scotch Islands,’ 1787, p. 86. 39 A. Edmonstone, _loc. cit._, vol. ii. p. 42. 40 S. Hibbert, ‘A Description of the Shetland Islands’ (date?), ed. 1891, p. 157. 41 S. Hibbert, _loc. cit._, pp. 179, 180. 42 R. Cowie, ‘Shetland and its Inhabitants,’ ed. 1874, p. 181. 43 Gifford, _loc. cit._, pp. 76, 77. 44 H. H. Dixon, _loc. cit._, p. 37. 45 Cowie, _loc. cit._, p. 191. 46 ‘Encyclopædia of Agriculture,’ edited by Green and Young, p. 497; Article on Strangles. 47 _Ibid._, p. 189; Article on Parasites. 48 See Mr Brydon’s admirable Introductory Article in the ‘Shetland Pony Stud-Book,’ vol. i. pp. xxxvii-xli. 49 _Ibid._ 50 Sheriff and Stewart Court Books of Zetland, 1749, at Lerwick.