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tion. From the hill side, shortly after leaving the railway, a fine 

 view of the slopes of Ben Arthur and Ben Narnain was obtained, 

 as also of the rugged rocks which compose the crowns of these 

 two mountains. Immediately to the south of Ben Arthur the 

 Glen Croe Burn enters Loch Long, and at its mouth stands 

 Ardgartan House and Policies, where a heronry has been known 

 to exist for many years. Immediately behind Ardgartan, and 

 forming the southern boundary of Glen Croe is the Brack, a 

 wild hill with high precipitous crags, and deep scars, especially on 

 its northern face, which, although greener and softer in aspect on 

 the side facing Loch Long, yet presented an imposing feature in 

 the panorama which lay before the party as they descended 

 towards the loch side. The point at which the main road was 

 joined lay a short distance south of Morlaggan, almost exactly 

 opposite which, on the western side of the loch, is Coilessan Farm, 

 situated at the foot of the Coilessan Burn, which marks the 

 northern boundary of Glasgow's new " estate " of Ardkinglas. 

 This wild stretch of hill country was, therefore, within view of 

 the party during the whole of the afternoon, and the members 

 had ample opportunity of judging of the rugged nature of the 

 mountains which, with a unique sense of proprietorship, we now 

 designate as " ours." Let us hope that " the powers that be " 

 will, in their wisdom, decide to leave nature alone in her grandeur ; 

 for assuredly nothing that even a Glasgow Corporation can do 

 will improve the glory of Argyll's Bowling Green. 



The road leaves Loch Long side at the entrances to the policies 

 of Finnart and Ardarroch, from which point a short walk uphill 

 leads to Whistlefield, where a beautiful view is obtained of the 

 entrance to Loch Goil. 



Little of special interest in any department of natural history 

 falls to be recorded from this excursion, but the members present 

 interested in botany felt that the district would amply repay a 

 fuller investigation with more time at their disposal. Specimens 

 of Hieracium boreale, Fr., were gathered in the woods near 

 Finnart, and an abundance of Milium effusum, L.. was noted 

 along the roadside in the shade of the trees. 



The following mosses were collected : — Dicranum scoparium, 

 Hedw. \ Ditrichum homomallum, Hampe. ; Campylopus fragilis, 

 B. and S. ; Dichodontium pellucidum, Schp. ; Blindia acuta 



