Then follows the entry about the four apparitions of St. Michael. Here we must read “_in monte Gargano_” instead of “_in monte Gorgon_.” Opinions vary as to the exact date of the apparition in Mount Garganus in the South of Italy, but 391 is certainly far too early, and has to be changed into 491 or 493. In the second apparition, all is right, if we leave out “in Cornubia juxta mare,” which was added either by William or by the monk who was showing him the book. It refers to the well-known apparition of St. Michael at Avranches. The third and fourth apparitions are of no consequence to us. As we read on, we come next to William’s own measurements, fixing the extent of St. Michael’s Mount at two hundred cubits. After that we are met by a passage which, though it hardly construes, can be understood in one sense only, namely, as giving an account of the Abbey of St. Michel in Normandy. I suppose it is not too bold if I recognize in _Aubertus Autbertus_, and in _Abrincensis antistes_, the _Abrincatensis episcopus_ or _antistes_, the Bishop of Avranches. Now it is well known that the Mont St. Michel in Normandy was believed to have been originally surrounded by forests and meadows. Du Moustier in the “Neustria Pia” relates (p. 371), “Hæc rupes antiquitus Mons erat cinctus sylvis et saltibus,” “This rock was of old a mount surrounded by forests and meadows.” But this is not all. In the old chronicle of Mont St. Michel, quoted by Mabillon, which was written before the middle of the tenth century, the same account is given; and if we compare that account with the words used by William of Worcester, we can no longer doubt that the old chronicle, or, it may be, a copy of it, had been brought from France to England, and that what was intended for a description of the Norman abbey and its neighborhood was taken, intentionally or unintentionally, as a description of the Cornish Mount. These are the words of the Norman chronicler, as quoted by Mabillon, compared with the passage in William of Worcester:— _Mont St. Michel._ _St. Michael’s Mount._ “Addit idem auctor hunc “Predictus LOCUS locum OPACISSIMA OLIM OPACISSIMA OLIM SILVA CLAUSUM fuisse, et CLAUDEBATUR Sylva ab MONACHOS IBIDEM oceano miliaribus distans INHABITASSE duasque ad sex, aptissimam præbens suum usque tempus latebram ferarum, in quo exstitisse ecclesias quas loco olim comperimus illi scilicet monachi MONACHOS DOMINO incolebant.” SERVIENTES”. “The same author adds that this place was formerly inclosed by a very dense forest, and that monks dwelt there, and that two churches existed there up to his own time, which those monks inhabited.”