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According to a tradition, a bell had been once hung upon this rock by an abbot of Arbroath, "and being taken down by a sea-pirate, a year thereafter he perished upon the same rock, with ship and goods, in the righteous judgment of God."
The bell was put there and maintained by the abbot of Aberbrothok, but being taken down by a sea-pirate, a yeare thereafter he perished upon the same rocke, with ship and goodes, in the righteous judgment of God." A lighthouse, built with the greatest difficulty, has stood on the rock since 1810.
From the days of the abbot and the sea-pirate no man had set foot upon the Inchcape, save fishers from the neighbouring coast, or perhaps for a moment, before the surges swallowed them the unfortunate victims of shipwreck. The fishers approached the rock with an extreme timidity; but their harvest appears to have been great, and the adventure no more perilous than lucrative.
"The Land of Unlimited Hypocrisy," by Spiridion Gopevi. "England's Tyranny and former Supremacy of the Seas," by Admiral Kirchoff. "England's Blood-Guilt against the White Peoples," by Woldemar Schütze. "The Greatest Criminal against Humanity; King Edward VII. of England. A Curse-pamphlet," by Lieut.-Col. R. Wagner. "England, tremble!" by J. Bermbach. "England as Sea-Pirate State," by Dr.
And every time he had got hold of a big enough dainty to tug free and fly off with, Cob had cut in and collared the said morsel. As a matter of fact, friend raven was a better carver than the sea-pirate, had a beak better suited for the grisly purpose. Finally, the black one got hold of a piece of meat, and did not let go.
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