SHETLAND

or ZETLAND, group of nearly 100 islands and rocks N.N.E. of mainland of Scotland, and forming with Orkneys a Scot. county (60° 15’ N., 1° 15’ W.); 27 islands are| inhabited, of which largest are Main-| land, Yell, and Unst; surface compara-|to tivoly level, reaching extreme height of 1,475 ft. in Ronas Hill in Mainland; principal industry is fishing (herring,| cod, ling, tusk), and whaling is imp or-| tant; sheep, cattle, and ponies are| raised; much of soil is peaty: oats, barley, potatoes, turnips cultivated: house Norway in 1099, and remained in| Scand in avian hands until 1468, when, on the marriage of James III. of d Scot- ’ land to Margaret of Norway, they were transferred to Scotland as the dowry of the latter.:: ie! Early in the World War, Lerwick ped by the Gemini as a ase for shipping, and the harbor was made impregnable to submarine attack by formidable boom deienses.; Ve els were taken there for examination; and after inauguration of convoy system, Dene slot cra a eens During the war was visited by over 7,000 ships; formally closed as a naval base 2 ae. in Dec. 1919. “Area, c. 550 sq. ™.; pop. 1921, 25,520. 30’ E.), hill range and plateau, Salem district, Madras, Brit. India. By ’ mees: (1872), a diplomat, }. in Japan. Ha graduated from the Tokio Imperial University in 1895. In 1912 he was ashing ton, D.C. and 2 years la er, following his transfer to London, Eng., became E.E. and M.P. to The Nether lands. He was then v. minister for foreign affairs at Tokio, from 1915 until 1919 after which he became A.E. and P. to the United States.