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tree and on its large branches. In the village, near the railway 

 station, three Gean trees grow, the largest measuring 9 ft. 8 J in. in 

 girth at 5 ft. from the ground, with a bole of 9 ft. Several of the 

 party, who had gone to Killin on the Saturday preceding, visited 

 Ben Lawers, while others visited Glen Lochay. In Glen Lochay 

 a cup-marked stone, and a cup-and-ring-marked rock near Dun- 

 croisg, were examined. At Boreland two line trees were measured 

 — (1) an Ash with a trunk 15 ft. 1 in. in girth at 5 ft., bole 

 about 25 ft. ; and (2) a Wych Elm measuring 13 ft. 5 in. in cir- 

 cumference at 5 ft. from the ground, bole about 20 ft. Lower 

 down Glen Lochay a Birch was measured, the trunk of which had 

 a girth of 7 ft. 6 in. at 5 ft. On the side of the main road, near 

 Bridge of Lochay, is a grand Scotch Fir with a girth of trunk 12 ft. 

 2 in. at 5 ft. This is the largest example of this species which has 

 yet been measured at excursions of the Society. A number of 

 bullfinches {Pyrrhula europcea, Yieill.) were seen in a plantation 

 on the south side of the Dochart. Proceeding through the village, 

 the celebrated view of the " Falls " of Dochart at the bridge was 

 duly admired, and the burial place of the Macnabs on Innis Buidhe 

 (the yellow isle) was visited. Thence the way was taken to 

 Kinnell, which was formerly the principal residence of the chiefs 

 of the Clan Macnab. Kinnell is now noted for a remarkable Yine 

 (a Black Hamburg), which was planted in 1832. According to 

 Mr. J. Cant, gardener to the Marquis of Breadalbane, "it rises 

 6 ft. before it branches off; at 1 ft. from the ground the stem 

 measures 25 in. in girth ; at 6 ft. it measures 23 in. It occupies 

 a house of 171 ft. by 25 ft. or about 475 superficial square 

 yards of glazed surface. The average weight of each ripe 

 bunch is from IJ to 2 lbs." In 1896 it produced 3,537 bunches, 

 of which 2,914 were removed in thinning, and 623 came to 

 maturity.* Near the above vine house is a Stone Circle, con- 

 sisting of six stones. Taking the train at Killin Station, the 



* This remarkable vine appears to have become widely known in recent 

 years. M. Ch. Joly, a Vice-President of the National Horticultural 

 Society of France, who visited Kinnell to see it in 1888, says, after com- 

 paring it with other vines remarkable for their size, such as those at 

 Hampton Court and Frogmore, **C'est done la vigne la plus etendue qui 

 existe dans la Grande Bretagne." (See Rambles in Breadalbane, by 

 Malcolm Ferguson. Glasgow : mdoccxci. ) 



