[47] The Lawting was the Comitia, or Supreme Court, of the country, being retained both in Orkney and Zetland, and presenting, in its constitution, the rude origin of a parliament.
[48] And from which hill of Hoy, at midsummer, the sun may be seen, it is said, at midnight. So says the geographer Bleau, although, according to Dr. Wallace, it cannot be the true body of the sun which is visible, but only its image refracted through some watery cloud upon the horizon.
[49] [Note VIII.]—The Dwarfie Stone.
[50] [Note IX.]—Carbuncle on the Ward-hill.
[51] Or consecrated mountain, used by the Scandinavian priests for the purposes of their idol-worship.
[52] Stack. A precipitous rock, rising out of the sea.
[53] Skerry. A flat insulated rock, not subject to the overflowing of the sea.
[54] Noup. A round-headed eminence.
[55] Voe. A creek, or inlet of the sea.
[56] Air. An open sea-beach.