This was the last trial at selkirk.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Over and over again we have the various charters, as to the Abbeys, for instance, authorising the monks to cut down for building purposes and fuel oaks "from the forest," both in selkirk and in Melrose, in Kelso and the Ettrick.
"In the Border Country"
W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
"That was supposed to be Alexander selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe, Dick," said Jack.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
