258 THE GANNET 



In July, 1844, there was an excursion of Glasgow 



botanists to the Bass.* In August, 1850, there was an 



excursion of the members of the British Association to 



the Bass from Edinburgh, which included John Wolley, 



H. E. Strickland, and other scientific men. Mr. J. A. 



Harvie-Brown's first visit was in 1859, and in the same 



year Robert Gray, author of " Birds of the West of 



Scotland," revisited it, and remarks on the change which had 



taken place in twenty years. Professor Cunningham was 



at the Bass in 1862, and also Mr. E. T. Booth, whose 



admirable history of the Gannet in " Rough Notes " was 



partly the result of that and subsequent visits. One of 



the best descriptions of the Bass Rock is by Mr. H. F. 



Witherby, who was there on August 24th, 1893, and May 



22nd, 1894.f Another good account is to be found in 



" Adventures in Birdland," by 0. G. Pike, who was 



there in 1905. In the " History of The Berwickshire 



Naturahsts' Club " (XVIII., p. 25), there is a full report of 



a visit of the club to the Bass on June 19th, 1901, which it 



seems was largely attended. 



* See " Phytologist," II., p. 222. 



t " The Bass Rock and its winged inhabitants" {" KJiowledge," 

 February 1st, 1895). 



