| Show call scapa flow safest ot of harbors was mein main base of the british fleet during war washington Bep opts that the 74 german warship puttied by their do on an june jane 21 1918 1919 at 1 scapa BP B P ilow rl w are am to be alleged hy by the british recall the tact fact that hint this body of 4 water be between the orkney islands M b nd ad the aabol mainland 6 of aca scotland mad which was the aal main be base of ame the british would fleet bea MCA throughout out the world war nth Is one arm of the world orld a largest and fittest fra larb harbors im an davs a bulletin ire the W washington D C headquarters of the national geographic 4 boriety lety even the guides goldes Tiva provided iviam tor for gators say bay that no matter 1 in what dl di the wind an may y be a cesiel 1 CAR can liva SIT shelter 1 in scapa flow by berth practically the whole of 0 tills this inland as ea measuring 50 anre square miles in area Is IB honeycombed barley oud round the edges with good end ad roadstead mary many of them than being long along the cliffy banks bank of Por pomona riona or mainland tho the central and ad largest of the me orkney islands island survey south smith Ron aldaba flotta fara face hoy bay rod and are the islands which tonn form 2 ring to keep out heavy seem beas A L long ng blockade lino line though rb agh the time name recalls recall to the british into mind the basis baals of the home fleet during their naval training mining sea aea son to the american traveler during in the as world war it often suggests ged un OR happa rum bouts when much at against him fall will he visited 8 scapa a fl flow because edip re dutch Sc scandinavian audic danish or other neutral vessel on an which he was traveling had been beat brought by a british cruiser I 1 into the harbor barbo and ad its he rhe land landed ed at one of the aock arh ney nay island ports port f fon ilay scapa g the western terminal of th the line of worked this blockade of thing ships and steel east netting calling extended train from the U north tb of scotland to scandinavia co ill I 1 to prevent travel to and from germany to man many y the tha orkney islands thus had an un unpleasant pleasent introduction ibm through gh no fault of their own but it if the anger of the passengers over the delay was not too went great they probably enjoyed the quaint charris charm of the 1 in enjoyed habitants abit to of this northern archi archipelago pelm who boast that they are am descendents descendants of the old scandinavians who resent being re referred ferrial to as aft scotch rod and who speak peak a dialect of english interspersed with will peculiar old no norse words do ahta characteristic of the ilia island people is IB easily costly explainable a even though it may hark back more than a thousand years tor for at 1 a very cry early date the sea rovers roer im from scandinavia sea 0 dinakis and denmark made their way across the north sea men to scotland rod and probably found in the firth births and load land locked inlet igleta reminders of the shot floda fiorda which they had left at home hom an historic cathedral but those individuals who were for mate enough to make their way war to kirkell all ivyng less than two miles cross the island islan d of pomona famous train from scope scapa flow and ml the base fro from which the american mine minesweeper m per operated to in taking up the great north sea mine barrage laid dart during g the world war probably del delighted la in the old cathe dral of st memo magnus founded to in latt tt and ad now one of the three venerable scottish 8 IT cathedrals in 1 nearly early a corn co plan state of preservation the to the taft orkney crow tug ing over from scotland usually be baa a vivid recollect recollection i of R h head d and a w weakness knees in abe a pit of his him a item I 1 at ach for or the pentland firth lies iles to the tha south mouth of the islands island enclosing scapa flow line has the reputation of be ing rougher than the atlantic wi with th actu almeas B current ran running E if BO couer fiercely barely that it can ibe seen eat as an au oily food costs american Americans millions every day washington Forty nine nill lloa bea dollars Is 1 spent aery ry day to teed feed the he people of at the united etalea the total lor for a mouth 1 IB sl 1 TOO and it tor far a year 18 0 0 no ya nearly 1 one third of t this amount at g goes me for far bread pot potatoes foot daab fruits an sugar an and d other food of ine ege tabla his origin the other two thirds is IB spent for met meat fish eggs butter cheese boom lurd jord ailles ilk rod and other topics in th the e course ol of B year the people fd at rf T the he united states con bume more ro than 2 BOO eggs rod and nearly gallon callona of mill rolling calling river on the rougher surface of the me bea I 1 where plot left flallen when the vikings first began corn am ing to the ok they found a race of people about which almost nothing is known today the pacts however Ao wever left their booths broths or round tower and queer bur burial 1 louada do u which far torin one are of the chief sources a of interest 1 in the ca 1 islands the standing 1 store stones of sten sion aoua abua idaa use As 1 la dreary solitude rod and defy the years team to solve the riddle of the men MCA who put them there the ual not sto alonea as twelve to tourte burteen our teen sm feet feel high A are arranged I 1 in 1 beal I circle chet hour about a cr lecher altar which t la aid to h have heft been dedicated to the moon so 3 peaceful peate ful are the island elands today lad it beems impossible that they once we were the adorm center of bloody con dem the vikings subdued these poo peo pie and harold the fair haired in added the to 0 life bla SCION scandinavian fus kingdom but they were finety finally re turned to scotland as aa the dowry of margaret of denmark Deen tark who married james barans in III only 29 of the 66 islands island I 1 in the group are inhabited A and some A of mesa by less than thirty people it liaa has been Burm i id that it WM probably 1 in U athla portion of present day scot scotland and that the story of the thistle atle vine no now the national flower fewer arose it to is told that tha one me of the danish loved Inva invaders dera while U moving at night to surprise Bur prise tile the scotch stopped stepped with kith hla him bare feet upon a thistle and yelled with pain BO 11 1 lonacy 41 that he be 1 wakened I it th the 1111 ing seats scots who hurriedly gathered up their arms arma rod and drove the enemy away |
