128 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1845 



1845. Jan. 10. To London. Spent the evening at Dr. Day's 

 with Forbes. 



Jan. 11. By railway to Gosport, and so to Ryde, where I visited 

 Dr. T. Bell Salter, with a view to the examination of Rubi^ having 

 taken a large portion of my specimens with me. 



Jan. 13. Dr. W. A. Bromfield visited a very interesting garden 

 belonging to Sir R. Simeon's house near Ryde, where a collection of 

 the Avild Rubi is forming. Afterwards walked some distance along 

 the Brading road, and returned to dine with Bromfield. 



Jan. 15. Left Ryde, and went by coach from Portsmouth to 

 Brighton. 



Jan. 16. At Brighton with W. Borrer, junr. Dined with him, 

 and in the evening went to Henfield, where remained, visiting 

 Mr. Borrer until the 24th. To London. 



Jan. 26. To Cambridge. 



Feb. 11. On the night of this day, Tuesday, the temperature 

 fell as low as 10° Fahr. 



Aug. 1. Left Cambridge at 4 p.m. for London by the railway, 

 which opened the Wednesday before. 



Aug. 2. To Liverpool by the railway, and then by the steamer 

 to Glasgow, where we did not arrive until 8 p.m. on Aug. 3rd, after 

 a very slow and bad passage. 



Aug. 4. Spent at Glasgow, and dined with Balfour. 



Aug. 5. Started with Balfour, F. J. Cockburn, and Risk, by 

 steamer to Inverarnon, and had a peculiarly fine day on Loch 

 Lomond. Met Legh of King's on a tour to the Highlands. In 

 the afternoon we went up the hill opposite the inn, from which we 

 had a peculiarly beautiful view, but found nothing particular. We 

 returned by a wooded valley into Glen Falloch. 



Aug. 6. Went along the lake side and turned up a glen to Loch 

 Sloy, and ascended to the top of Ben Voirlich in a very heavy rain. 

 We found on the top Carex saxatilis and Subularia aqioatica, and on 

 the descent by a ravine descending towards Loch Lomond we got 

 plenty of Foa Balfourii. 



Aug. 7. Walked by Crianlarich and Tayinloan to Inverarnon 

 in the hope of being taken up by the coach, but when it arrived it 

 was quite full. An extra coach, however, being on its way through 

 the country, we got a lift by King's House and Glencoe to Balla- 

 chuillish, where the inn was quite full, and we had to sleep upon 

 the floor. On our way we passed close to a very fine mountain near 

 Inverarnon ; after that we passed the side of the moor of Rannoch 

 and saw Schehallion in the distance. From King's House descended 

 a wonderful road amongst the most beautiful mountains into Glencoe. 



