An account of the Islands of Orkney by James Wallace ... ; to which is added an essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.
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- An account of the Islands of Orkney by James Wallace ... ; to which is added an essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.
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- Wallace, James, d. 1688.
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- London :: Printed for Jacob Tonson ...,
- 1700.
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To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Earl of Dorsetand Middlesex,Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, Ld. Lieu∣tenant of the County of Sussex,and one of His Majesty's most Honour∣able Privy Council. - THE CONTENTS.
- The Author not being in Town these follow∣ing errors are desir'd to be corrected.
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CHAP. I.
The several Names by which Orkneyis call'd. The Longitude and Latitude of this Country An account of a Stone generated in the Air. How this Coun∣try is bounded. Some odd Phaenomena about the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea. The number of the Islands; and a short Account of each of them, with their different Harbours. The chief Products of this Country. -
CHAP. II.
Of the Plants growing naturally in Ork∣ney.Of those Beans call'd the Mo∣luccaBeans thrown in there. A De∣scription of a strange Fish taken in Sanda.An Account of their Land and Sea-shells. Of their Mines. Of some exotick Fowls driven in there, and some other effects of violent Storms. Of their Lakes and Locks. -
CHAP. III.
Of the Ancient Monuments and Curiosi∣ties of this Country. An Account of the Dwarfie Stone in Hoy.Of the Obelisks and standing Stones in Sten∣nis.Of the figur'd Stone Causey near Skeal.Of some Urns and Burial Pla∣ces found in several places. An Ac∣count of the Finn-men that are some∣times driven in there. -
CHAP. IV.
Some peculiar Customs, Manners and Dis∣positions of the Inhabitants of this Country. An Account of a Woman that had a Child in the 63dYear of her Age. An Account of their Dis∣eases and some of their particular Cures. A particular Language amongst them. Their way of Transporting and Weighing their Corn. Their custom of Sheep-shearing: And the way they have to catch Sea-Fowls. And an Account of some Remarkable Accidents that have fallen out here. -
CHAP. V.
Of the Town of Kirkwall. -
CHAP. VI.
Of the ancient State of the Church of Orkney.Of the Cathedral Church at Kirkwall.Bishop Robert Reid's ere∣ction of the Chapter. Bishop Law's Transaction with King James VI. -
CHAP. VII.
Of the Plantation of the Christian Faith in Orkney;and of the Bishops there∣of. - CHAP. VIII.
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An Essay concerning the Thuleof the Ancients.