VAILA, an island, in the parish of Walls-and-Sandness,
county of Shetland; containing 29 inhabitants.
It lies south-west of the main land of the parish,
at the entrance of a small sound, or more properly
a voe, to which it gives name; and is about a mile in
length and half a mile in breadth. In the centre of it is
Melby House, the residence of the Scott family, principal
heritors of the parish.