tSB Mr Arnott's Tour to the Pyrenees. 



the confluence of the three valleys of the Segre, the Deliver, and 

 Andorra. The high mountains that surround it have a wild and 

 picturesque appearance, in perfect harmony with the rudeness of 

 the peasantry, their houses, and indeed, generally speaking, all the 

 productions both of nature and art. The forts that command the 

 town, are in their turn commanded by the surrounding heights. 

 If they have been able to bear several sieges, it is merely be- 

 cause it did not enter into the thoughts of the enemy to bring 

 cannon into a country distant forty leagues from any road prac- 

 ticable for carriages ; and when, during the last war, the French 

 engineers transported there some pieces of artillery, it was with 

 inconceivable trouble and-loss of time, an entire month being 

 requisite for the conveyance between Mont Louis and Seo. 

 When the French approached, they easily took the town, in- 

 deed the gates might have been burst open with the foot ; they 

 afterwards set fire to part of it, in order to induce the fort to 

 surrender, but to no purpose. At length, however, the cannon 

 arrived, and this was effected with such secrecy, that the Spa- 

 niards, taking no precautions to inform themselves of the move- 

 ments of their adversaries, had not the smallest idea of the pos- 

 sibility of such an undertaking, until one beautiful morning they 

 were awakened by a discharge of balls and bomb-shells. They 

 were so completely dismayed, when they raised their eyes, on see- 

 ing the battery erected during the night above their heads, that 

 they made no more delay about surrendering the fort."" — B. 



Seo d'Urgel, on account of its situation, is seldom a day du- 

 ring the whole summer without experiencing a tremendous storm. 

 This limited our excursions. Indeed, with the exception of one 

 to the top of Mont Cady, we contented ourselves, during our 

 short stay, with exploring the immediate vicinity of the town : 

 we were very fortunate notwithstanding, when we gathered Capri- 

 JbUum etruscuniy Medicago suffrutieosa («, Benth., which alone 

 was known to prior botanists). Inula helenioides and montana, 

 Aristolochia pistolochia, Centaurea cruphm, Campanula linifo- 

 Ua^ var..? (caule inferne foliisque iiiferioribus puhescentibus, su- 

 peme glabro, corolla parva ; an potius C. rotundifolia, var. ?), 

 Lathyrus tuberosum and cirrhosus, Ser. This last mentioned 

 species we considered to be L. heterophyllus, and it is under this 

 name in Mr Bentham's Catalogue; but Mr Bentham has lately 



