[1] Mr. Randall assumed the name of Davidson after succeeding to the estate of Muirhouse.
[2] Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. Drawn up by desire of the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses, by Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh, 1824.
[3] 7th September 1807.
[4] The tender was named after the great Engineer.
[5] Spink’s boat was too large to come close to the rock.
[6] Report of the Royal Commission on Lighthouses, 1861, p. 86.
[7] Translation also by Dr. Gregory:—“In the reign of George the Third, the father of his country, in the second year of the Provostship of Sir John Marjoribanks, Baronet, of Lees,—The citizens of Edinburgh having made this new and magnificent access over the neighbouring hill to the capital city, according to the plan of Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer, ordered the name of the Regent, George Augustus Frederick, to be inscribed on this bridge.”
[8] From which [Fig. 14] has been made.
[9] The essays most favourably noticed are those of Mr. Alexander Scott, Mr. George Robertson, Mr. George Douglas, Mr. John Ruthven, Mr. James Dickson, Mr. James Walker (Carron), Mr. James Walker (Lauriston), Mr. John Fraser, Mr. John Wotherspoon, Mr. John Moore, and Mr. John Baird.
[10] Notice of the Ravages of Limnoria terebrans on Creosoted Timber.—Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. iv. and vol. viii.