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Yet mighty that space is Which seemeth so small; The realm of all races, With room for them all!" But Harold Hardrada scorned witch-wife and dream; and his fleets sailed on. Tostig joined him off the Orkney Isles, and this great armament soon came in sight of the shores of England. They landed at Cleveland , and at the dread of the terrible Norsemen, the coastmen fled or submitted.
It is well that we should look this matter in the face; and as particular stories leave more impression than general statements, I will mention one, perfectly well authenticated, which I take from the official report of the proceedings: Towards the end of 1593 there was trouble in the family of the Earl of Orkney.
There is a third sort of whale, called the broad-nosed whale, which is in many respects like a razor-back, but smaller its length being from 50 to 80 feet. The smallest sort is the beaked whale, which is about 25 feet long. Great numbers of this whale are often caught in the deep bays and firths of Shetland and Orkney.
He is going in a Government vessel to inspect the lighthouses on the North of Scotland, and on the Orkney and Shetland Islands and, having noticed how worn and ill my poor boy looks, he most kindly invites George to be his guest on the voyage. I could wish for no better opportunity than this of trying what change of air and scene will do for him.
Three years afterwards, in 1266, the disputes with Norway were finally settled by a formal treaty with Magnus IV, Hakon's son, who agreed to yield to Scotland for ever after, all right and sovereignty over the Isle of Man and the Western Isles, specially reserving Orkney and Shetland to the crown of Norway.
"Very wide indeed," said the bald-headed gentleman in spectacles. Josiah regarded the captain with fresh interest after the recital of this remarkable ascent, and it was not diminished by further tales he heard. One related to his reception by an Illustrious Personage. After his journey to Orkney the I.P. had sent for him immediately on his return to town.
In one of the Orkney Islands it was remarked by a farmer that "a very dense fog rested in patches on certain parts of the island; at times it was so defined, that the observer could point out the exact measure of ground over which it rested. It hung low, and had the appearance of a light powdering of snow.
'Not Penzance then, which I know is your very Ultima Thule; not Penzance, nor yet Orkney. Is there no other place except Southend? 'There is Cromer in Norfolk, perhaps ten hours. 'Is Cromer by the sea? 'Yes; what we call the sea. 'I mean really the sea, Paul? 'If you start from Cromer right away, a hundred miles would perhaps take you across to Holland.
Secondly, that the rental of Kerry was lower in 1880 than in 1840. Thirdly, that the rental of Orkney increased 194 per cent. during that time. On the south-west coast of Kerry lie the Blasquets, a group of islands the property of Lord Cork, one of them inhabited by some twenty-five families. The old rental was £80, which was regularly paid.
This is one of several such Scottish stones, and though we cannot prove it, may have had a superstitious purpose. Happily Sir Walter Scott discovered and describes the magical use to which this kind of charm stone was put in 1814. When a person was unwell, in the Orkney Isles, the people, like many savages, supposed that a wizard had stolen his heart.
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