THE BASS ROCK 



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ledge his willingness to render assistance to an inquiring 

 naturalist about the Gannets which have so long nested 

 on Dairy mple property. 



THE BASS, WEST SIDE. [U. Gumey, Phot. 



The mighty Bass still seems a tower of strength. Years 

 ago its impregnability and importance as a fortress were so 

 great as to be almost proverbial. That was especially so in 

 the time of the old chronicler Hector Boece, who, although 



