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the Bass island, near the river Forth, which flows by Edinburgh 
in Scotland ; nor are they found anywhere else. They go far, 
even six miles, from the shore. It is their nature that when 
they see a fresh fish they throw up a former one, and this 
SOLAN GOOSE (‘‘ HISTORIA ANIMALIUM’’). 
they do very often, and carry the last to their young. More- 
over, so many fishes do they throw up that those who form 
the garrison of the fortress collect the ejected fishes for food. 
They are easily taken, nor do they drive away their captors.” 
