The Bass Rock

The bulk of the work is the martyrology, which consists of two unnumbered preliminary leaves (4 unnumbered pages), followed by 382 pages numbered from 1. The zoology and botany chapters follow afterward with continuous pagination. Inserted at the beginning are two chapters, by M'Crie and Miller, with separate pagination in brackets. The Preface uses roman numerals. Plates, without page numbers, are bound in various locations in the volume depending on the particular copy.

Authors, indicated credentials, chapter titles, pagination:

• Thomas M'Crie, "Preface" (pp. v-viii). Edinburgh, Dec 1847.
• The Rev. Thomas M'Crie, "Civil and Ecclesiastic History of the Bass" (pp. [1]-[46]). 
• Hugh Miller, "Geology of the Bass" (pp. [47]-[139]).
• The Rev. James Anderson, "The Martyrs of the Bass," (pp. [4],  1-382).
• John Fleming, D.D., F.R.S.E. etc., Professor of Natural Science, New College, Edinburgh, "Zoology of the Bass," (383-408).
• John Hutton Balfour, M.D., F.R.S.E., etc., Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh, "Botany of the Bass," (409-431).
• Index, pp. 433-436.

Plates:

• The Tree Mallow, Frontispiece [sic]
• The Bass in Its Fortified State in 1690, p. [47]
• The Bass in 1847, p. [61]
• Peden at Cameron's Grave, p. 47.
• Torture of the Boots, p. 69.
• Blackadder's Tomb, p. 360.
• Alphabetical List of Martyrs, p. 382.
• Solan Goose, Old and Young, p. 400.