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ruins, but having a seat of Lord Douglas close to it. Reached Both- 

 well Church, a fine old structure, and soon afterwards Bothwell 

 Bridge, over the Clyde, the scene of the battle between the Duke 

 of Monmouth and the Covenanters. It is now widened. . . . We 

 particularly noticed the very great number of fruit trees, particularly 

 plum, growing even in the hedges by the road side, and covered 

 with ripe fruit. The coach stopped for a few minutes to allow us 

 time to see the Fall of Stonebyres. Here the Clyde descends by 

 three stages formed by intercepting rocks, from a height of eighty 

 feet. After breakfast we ascended the river to see the great Falls. 

 Upon entering the grounds of Lady M. Ross, a girl led the way, 

 and showed us into a summer house, from which there is the first 

 and a very fine view of Corra Linn. . . . We then proceeded by a 

 most romantic path along the edge of a perpendicular-sided ravine 

 in which the river flows to Bonniston Linn. Here a bridge has 

 been formed by which the stranger passes over a part of the Fall to 

 a rocky mound between the two main streams, and by a few steps 

 it is possible to descend to the brink of each of the Falls. Here I 

 noticed a Hieracium murorum. On our return I saw for the first 

 time a Pyrola growing, also Equisetum hyemale. We now descended 

 into the hollow below Corra Linn, and found Saxifraga oppositifolia, 

 Aquilegia vulgaris, two species of Hieracium, Asplenium viride, Circora 

 alpina, etc. We now fell in with Mr. J. Curtis, who was with the 

 proprietor (?) of the New Lanark cotton works. He offered to 

 show them to us. The water by which they are put in motion is 

 brought 200 yards through a tunnel, from the Clyde. The mills 

 are of enormous extent, and well worth inspection. We went all 

 over them, and the school for the children, supported by the 

 proprietor . . . the whole is in the most perfect state that it is 

 possible to conceive. The town is built upon a uniform plan, and has 

 a very neat appearance. About 1000 persons are in constant employ- 

 ment in the works. I must not fox'get to mention that we saw a cave, 

 understood to have been used by Wallace as a place of concealment. 



Sept. 3. To-day we went to Cartland Crags, and first admired 

 the bridge over the ravine. It consists of three arches, the two 

 piers of which rise to the height of 146 feet above the water. We 

 then descended by a very steep path and spent some hours in 

 examining the bottom. The whole place is worthy of a minute 

 examination. . . . Started for Edinburgh. Took up my quarters 

 at Dr. Maclagan's 129, George Street, for British Association. 



Sept 6. Breakfasted with Mr. Patrick Neill. Walked with 

 D. Don, Alan Cunningham, and Garnons about the town and to the 

 Botanic Garden, where we met a large party under the superinten- 

 dence of Professor Graham, Dined with Mr. P. Neill and met a 

 party of eighteen botanists. Amongst them were R. Brown, 

 Graham, Greville, A. Cunningham, W. Arnott, Royle, Mackay of 

 Dublin, MacNab, etc. 



