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has been presented by our Commissioners to the Arbroath 

 Museum, a fit resting place after its long sojourn on the Rock. 

 Should the date upon it happen by any chance to become 

 rased, what possible controversies it may yet become the 

 subject of amongst posterity as to its connection with that 

 mythical personage " Ralph the Rover." I myself can testify 

 to its having conformed in one respect at least with that of 

 the poem, for on lowering it from its position on the balcony 

 for shipment the tide had overflowed the Rock about a couple 

 of feet, causing the bell to settle with an audible gurgle, or 

 as one of the seamen (Eraser) appropriately quoted, " The bell 

 sank down with a gurgling sound." 



