9340 JOTTINGS ON THE MOUNTAINS. 
(the easternmost of the two), Bryum Zierii was plentiful, also Bryum 
elongatum, crudum, and pallens ; Gymnostomum Lapponicum and Hedwigia 
estiva, both in fruit; Weissia erispula and tenuirostris, Dicranum poly- 
carpum, Didymodon capillaceus, Diphyscium foliosum, Hypnum pulchel- 
lum and molle. In addition to these, the western stream afforded Son- 
chus alpinus, Salix lanata, arenaria, and a profusion of S. reticulata and 
Dryas octopetala, Pyrola rotundifolia and secunda. The latter is rather 
scarce in Clova, in Glenesk it is most abundant; Carew atrata, capil- 
laris, pallescens, Polypodium alpestre at the middle falls; Saxifraga hyp- 
noides still in flower, Hieracium alpinum in plenty, Vaccinium uliginosum 
with both flowers and fruit; the latter nearly full size, of a glaucous- 
green colour, almost of the same colour as the leaves, the form seldom 
quite round, often almost square or cubical with blunt angles: although 
both the flowers and fruit are quite healthy here, they were very apt to 
drop off when handled. 
A Storm.—The morning of the day allotted to Glen Fiadh looked 
rather gloomy; the mist rested on the higher summits of the moun- 
tains, occasionally rolling down their sides to some distance; yet the 
natives assured me that if the wind kept from the west the day would 
clear up. I had only reached Bradoony however when it wheeled 
round to the south, and rain began to fall, and by the time I gained 
Glen Fiadh the wind had risen to a gale, and came sweeping down 
the glen in strong gusts, with heavy showers of rain, so that I was 
often obliged to take shelter by the large boulders till the blast was 
over. I proceeded towards the end of the glen, in the hope that the 
high cliffs would in some measure screen me from the storm; but the 
wind was now so strong, the rain so heavy, and the mist swept down 
the glen in such dense volumes, that I had enough to do to keep my 
footing, and could only see a few yards around me, Occasionally the 
mist would sweep down the glen like a dark cloud, leaving the whole 
clear except the summit of the cliffs, displaying the rugged shelving 
precipices, the foaming torrents tumbling on in their rocky beds down 
to their junction with the Esk at Acharne. This lucid interval was 
immediately followed by a torrent of rain, and another dense yolume 
of mist came tumbling in at the head of the glen, and came rolling 
down the cliffs, so dense that I could almost fancy I felt it enveloping 
me in its folds. The “ dry runs” had now been converted into streams, 
the streams into torrents, carrying along with them fragments of rock 
