'The Description of the Island Hirta Brought in by Sir Robert Moray' 'Hirta lyes from Snod in Skye-Hand West and by North, from the neerest land to it in the Hereishe, from whence people ordinarilie take boate...' Details about the island of Hirta, near St Kilda, off the Outer Hebrides - its wildlife, geology, indigenous population Details about the wildlife on Burra and Soa given Read to the Royal Society on 28 August 1661 30 September 1661