1838] JOURNAL— BOTANIZING IN SARK, 75 



J^dy 28. Walked about near to the town, and found Lepidium 

 draba on the hedge bank opposite to the brick kiln near the Rohais 

 road. Dined with Mr. Lukis, and met Dr. Franklyn of Alderney, 

 and Mr. H. 0. Carr6, a botanist, and one of the jurats of the 

 island. 



July 30. Went with John and William Lukis to Sark. We 

 had a rough passage, but arrived there in less than two hours. 

 Walked to Little Sark in the evening. . . I slept at a little cottage 

 in a field. . . . There are some curious old tombstones in the bury- 

 ing ground, but we had not time to ascertain their age. 



Jidy 3L Examined Little Sark. The Coup6e is not more than 

 six feet in width at two places, and full 200 feet high. The mines 

 are advancing fast, and form a very curious feature in the island. 

 Mr. Le Pelley, the proprietor of the island, and Mr. Cachemaille 

 the clergyman (a Swiss), went with us to-day. 



Aug. 1. This day I went along the coast, from the Couple to 

 Baker's Valley, which I ascended. 



Aug. 2. I went along the hills near the coast commencing from 

 the Coup6e by Havre Gosselin and Brechon, but was stopped by 

 rain, and returned home. In the afternoon although it rained hard, 

 and was a thick fog, we went to the Point Chateau, where there has 

 been an old fortification, and after dinner to the Port des Moulins, 

 and had a long scramble amongst the rocks, which are very lofty and 

 grand in this north-western part of the island. William Lukis 

 shewed me the rock upon which his father discovered the tracks 

 made by a limpet. See Loudon's " Mag. of Nat. Hist." 



Aug. 3. I examined part of the north and north-east of the 

 island, also the southern part of Little Sark. After dinner we went 

 to some caves in the point of land extending towards Brecqhou Isle. 

 We had some difficulty in descending, and getting up again, but 

 were well repaid by the grandeur of the rocks and caves. The way 

 -down is on the north side of the promontory. 



Aug. 4. Left the island, and returned to Guernsey. I gathered 

 252 plants in Sark. 



Atig. 8, Left Guernsey and proceeded to London. 



Aug. 10. Walked to Woodford, and dined with Mr. Forster, 

 with whom were Mr. Borrer and his son Dawson. 



Aug. IL Called on Sowerby with Borrer. Reached Cambridge 

 in the evening. 



Aug. 16. Went to London, and left it at 10.30 p.m. by the 

 " Ocean " steamer from Blackwall to Newcastle. 



Aug. 17. We had a pleasant party on board, and fine weather 

 until the evening, when it began to blow rather hard. 



