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Continued entries/extra info

Parish of Stromness Orkney

Stromness (Continued)
narrow in some places, but tolerably maeadamized, Many of the houses between this street and the beach stand within high-water mark and have tiny bulwarks, quays or jetties for the unloading of boats, and for facility of fishing, The bay on which the town stands is a natural harbour, safer and more commodious that the great majority of the harbours in Britain. It extends upwards of a mile from south to north, and is entered by a passage 1/4 of a mile wide, but expands in the interior to a width of half-a-mile, and it has a firm clay bottom, and sufficient depth of water for vessels of 1000 tons burden, and is sheltered from the violence of every wind, The pier has 18 feet of water in spring tides," Ext from Fullerton's Gazetteer.

The street is now paved with flags

Signed Alexander Fraser C/A