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Ecclesiastical History" (1847), a volume which, besides 

 civil matters, contains a valuable contribution to the history 

 of the Gannet from the pen of Professor Fleming.* 

 To this work I would refer the reader for a 

 great deal of erudite information of the highest value. 

 Among the documents brought to light by Mr. M'Crie, not 



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West Landing^^^ 

 THE BASS ROCK (ORDNANCE SURVEY). 



the least interesting is a Charter of 1316, granting the Bass 

 Rock to Robert Lauder. Unfortunately this relic of an- 

 tiquity, in which the Bishop of St. Andrews confers upon 

 the said Lauder " all Uberties, commodities, and easements " 

 appertaining to the Bass, makes no mention of the Solan 

 Geese ; nor have we a single work which describes, or 

 even refers to Bass Gannets earlier than Fordun's 



* Anotlier useful book is " The Bass Rock, and its Storj'," by L. A. 

 Barb6, 1904. 



