PAPA-STOUR, an island, in the parish of Walls-and-Sandness, county of Shetland; containing 382 inhabitants. This island lies at the entrance of St. Magnus' bay, about a mile west of the main land of the parish, and is about two miles in length and one in breadth. The surface is flat, and the soil sandy; excellent crops of oats, barley, and potatoes are often produced, and the pasturage is exceedingly rich. There are numerous voes, or small harbours, which afford safe anchorage for fishing-boats; and from the convenience of the beach, buildings have been erected for drying fish, a branch of trade extensively carried on here. The elevated grounds are irregular-shaped ridges, with roundish summits; and in almost every part of the coast are marks of the devastation of the Western Ocean in the form of stupendous cli£fs and deep excavations. On the coast are also numbers of isolated rocks, one of which is called the Lady's Rock; and there is a very remarkable cave called Christie's Hole, into which the tide flows: here boats' crews attack the seals at certain seasons, well armed with thick clubs, and provided with lights. The inlet of Hanna Voe, though of difficult access, is a secure harbour for vessels. Divine service is performed in the church of Papa, by the minister of the parish, every fortnight, when Papa Sound is passable; on those alternate Sundays upon which the minister is absent, the schoolmaster supported here by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge acts as a kind of pastor. The church was built in 1806.