BAMFF, (Encycl.) By mistake, this place was said to have no harbour. The following account is given by Mr Pennant: "It is pleasantly situated on the side of a hill; has several streets; and that with the town-house in it, adorned with a new spire, is very handsome. This place was erected into a borough by virtue of a charter from Robert II. dated October 7. 1372, endowing it with the same privileges, and putting it on the same footing with the burgh of Aberdeen; but tradition says it was founded in the reign of Malcolm Canmore. The harbour is very bad, as the entrance at the mouth of the Devon is very uncertain, being often stopped by the shifting of the sands, which are continually changing in great storms; the pier is therefore placed on the outside. Much salmon is exported from hence. About Troophead some kelp is made; and the adventurers pay the lord of the manor 50l. per annum for the liberty of collecting the materials."