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$hetland. appoars to bave had a very dry gunmer and.they lrryu bcon threatened. wlth a ohortlge bf waterrmostunusual ln thoso-3rclgr. she sbetland. flmas cofllcs regulanJ.yto ue and._genoral.3.y-tt has ltEns of interost, r an .Inclo"irsIg* yolo llgh,t. read.lng those for the }rd, lOth anit r?th $cptffhore ls an artleLc ln the sne for thc 3i'd"scptembcr fnonI tblnk frlend"s you have.se-ntlonc.{ :. The Gaaie of euoynegs.-who have had._ a gprtd.ay ln canada, and enJoyed the iioelrtatity .

of such a nunber. of peop}e onigtnal.ly from &hltonese,!?e were able to recognize the aases of sone we knesln 1t{hltene6s, ln earller d.aysr ffi R.ilunter Ls nentloned.,

$rho was the son of Robert lluntar of tfEethooseft and. wasnarriecl to Margaret..snlth ths second. d.aughter of wilrlamsnlth of HKirkhouse'r '$111.1am was the bro{hcr of John $nlthof the Punds, and. was sklppor of the drlft net flshernannste3:henon afr'd. t think pari owner of the rtFleher f.agg"wlth hts brothcn John, Wg WlLlLan Sntth was & $laternrhose brother llved. ln a flatroofed" sottage near the rrllaa ofUetlnoseff a very nl.ce ,coupJ.c thc had three claughters and.one son LaurencG yhol servcil through the Flrsi worLd. wa.r,and lost a J.cg ln tr?anco, but rocovsrod. and, had. a furnatui.ebuslness ln Lerwlck butrig deeeased. sone years agr.

South Wtrlteness wae a prosperous dlstrlct, who raaped.thc- bcst they could. from thc land. and. the cod. il,nd, Hestin8Flshlag d.urlng the susxaer $eason and d.urlng tho wlntcnnontha the had,clock flshl.ng.

-- Th fo1low1ng d.rlft net flsh€rnen wonhcd from Tflhllcnoss vo.-rgt*llltttfFtsherLgss"tr$tephens" rlQgoen" nt{atlve eueentr ana - - -'"v11Lage BolLenn the tait named. das owned by fi,odert lfllll.lansonand. h1e three brotlrcrs JohnrPeter, and. Davld.tr tnalncd. und.ertheir father John TltrllLlanson they-were fortunate flsheruonend antL about lgotr thgy had. the boat lengthenecl, byJ.R.Janoson at $andwlck and. r3.ggcd. as a mizzon snack,ln lqhlch thoy flshed with reaeonablc succesn untll about, lgl1-ttwhen the Herrfns rrsning wao golnr{g through a Lean perLod,,

They soLd. out and. sent to lilsw Zoaland., wlrore theycontinued. at sea, untll about l9ZO, vrhen tlrcy returned. and.purchasecl a new raoton boat nased. rrJoanrr thls was not a suceosgand thoy noved, to Ed.lnburgh, and. selled. ln shlps fnom lelththetn bnother Hanry was an Offlcer wlth a Lolth oompar\yaad. was narrled. to a d.aughten of John Snlth,Punile.

i{arry J.ost hls llfe at sca durlng the early pant ofthe second. world. war wlren hls shlpwae tn actlon with Geraranalr craft.

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Ir rs iirpri;$A ihat wlth so nanlr c1.arys.=qon thGn th'cptl Companl-". id eland Fp to 1!, It* sesns that the Shctlandisf.enas coula- f,"".-" sts.ki ln thi clr3.lve'y but, lt wllL d'cpcncl

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