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Aug. 18. We had a rough night, but it was finer in the morn- 

 ing, so that I saw the whole of the coast from Beachy Head to the 

 mouth of the Tees. Reached Newcastle-on-Tyne at about 2.30 p.m. 

 (British Association). Lodgings with Lingwood. 



Aug. 20. First day of the meeting. After the meeting of the 

 Section, Lingwood and I walked up the side of the Tyne, and 

 gathered Senecio viscosus. 



Aug. 22. I breakfasted with Mr. Alder the Conchologist. 



Aug. 23. Breakfasted with Mr. Robertson the Botanist. 



Aug. 28. Left Newcastle by coach with a large party of 

 Naturalists, viz. Sir W. Jardine, Selby, Thompson of Belfast, 

 Jenyns, Graham, Greville : they were all going to stop with Mr.. 

 Selby, at Twizel House. I came on to Berwick, to visit Dr. 

 Johnston, with whom I found Philip Maclagan. 



Aug. 29. We did not go far from the town during the remainder 

 of the week, but employed ourselves in examining Dr. Johnston's 

 herbarium. 



Sept. 3. Mr. Selby, Dr. Greville, Mr. Thompson, and Mr, Jenyns. 

 came to spend the day. We made a party, by water, up the Tweed, 

 as far as the Chain Bridge, and spent a very pleasant day. 



Sept. 4. Dr. Johnston, P. Maclagan, and the whole family, went 

 with me to Holy Island, Unfortunately the day turned out very 

 wet, or we should have met the gentlemen from Twizel on the 

 island. We, however, walked about in the rain, and gathered 

 A triplex rosea and stricta, and Chenopodium botrydides (1) We also- 

 saw Erythraea litoralis. 



Sept. 5, 6, 7. Continued wet weather during all these days : on 

 Thursday I had intended to have gone to Mr. Selby's, but was. 

 prevented by the wet. Mr. Thompson of Belfast arrived at Dr. 

 Johnston's on that day, and left on Friday. 



Sept. 10. Left Berwick . . , reached Edinburgh. 



Sept. 11. Called upon Dr. Douglas Maclagan. Walked round 

 Arthur's Seat, then to Leith, and along the coast by Newhaven for 

 several miles. Gathered A triplex stricta and rosea, also Lamium inter- 

 medium. 



Sept. 12. Breakfasted with Maclagan, and met Dr. Balfour and 

 Mr. Brand. Went with Dr. Graham to the Botanical Garden, and 

 tasted the fruit of Passiflora alata, but found it very bad eating. 

 Dined with Dr. Graham, 



Sept. 13. Breakfasted with Dr. Balfour Dined with Dr. 



Graham. 



Sept. 14. Breakfasted with Mr. Campbell, and then walked to 

 the ruined chapel under Arthur's Seat ... to Glasgow. 



