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" Scotichromcon,"* which is long subsequent to our first 

 knowledge of the Lundy Gannetry. In 1493 the name of 

 another Robert Lauder again comes before us in connection 

 with Bass Gannets, as will be mentioned presently under 

 that date, and in 1675 the journal of a Sir John Lauder 

 contains this entry — " For a Solan Goose 29 pence," but 

 the Sir John Lauder of that day did not own the Bass. 



Before entering on the history of the Bass Gannets, 

 it is due to the memory of the late Professor Newton 

 to acknowledge his great assistance in searching for, 

 translating, and explaining many of the passages in 

 this chapter. In 1865 he had already greatly interested 

 himself in an inquiry of the same nature, undertaken by 

 Professor Cunningham {see " Ibis," 1866, p. 1), to whom, — 

 about the Bass Rock especially, — he must have given no 

 small assistance. To the result of Professor Cunningham's 

 diligent labours I have already referred, and again gladly 

 acknowledge the use which they have been to me, and I 

 vnsli to thank Mr. J. Paterson, Mr. A. H. Evans, Mr. William 

 Evans and Mr. Southwell for their help also. 



Fifteenth Century. — 1. There is no earlier mention 

 to be found of Gannets on the Bass Rock than that con- 

 tained in " The Scotichronicon," a work ascribed to John de 



* Or Scoticlironicum. 



