30 NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OP THE BELL ROCK. 



Notwithstanding these precautions, so rigorous were the 

 impress officers that they actually pressed a Bell Rock seaman 

 named George Dall, while on a visit to some friends near 

 Dundee, in July 1810, and this despite the fact of his having 

 the protection medal and ticket in his possession. These 

 proofs the officer chose to ignore, holding that a seaman only 

 stood protected on board the ship to which the Admiralty 

 protection had been granted, or in a boat belonging to the 

 ship. This was absurd, as it was impossible for each man to 

 carry the ship's protection with him. However, Dall was 

 kept a prisoner, and only on the representations of the 

 Lighthouse Commissioners did the Dundee Magistrates order 

 his release. 



