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is just what I had been expecting it must come to if they were not 

 pushed well. It seems we are to have the papers for the "Annals," 

 that is one good thing. We must not, however, bind ourselves to 

 publish whatever they please to send. You say, "Eemain at Brae- 

 mar till Saturday, the 13th," and I suppose do not know that the 

 Orkney packets sail from here at 6 a.m. on Fridays. I have half a 

 mind to go with you to Braemar. I am glad to hear that your trip 

 has turned out well. I have been successful in Teesdale, and also 

 near Newcastle, finding Potamogeton longifolius and Epilohium virga- 

 tum, in addition to the usual plants at the former, and Carex irrigua 

 at the latter. Johnston hopes that you will find some time to visit 

 Berwick, as he desires much to see you. — Believe me, yours truly, 

 Charles C. Babington. 



To William Borrer, Esq. 



Castleton, Bkaemar, Auff. 11, 1842. 



My dear Sir, — I enclose a few seeds of Rumex aqiuiticus, which I 

 gathered in Clova a few days since, and hope that you will succeed 

 in raising plants from them. The plant delights in a very wet place, 

 often almost in the water. We spent three days in Clova, and 

 gathered SoncJms alpinus, Astragalus alpinus, Potentilla alpestris, 

 Cerastium alpinum, Spergula saginaides (Linn.), Alopecurus alpinus, 

 Phleum alpinum, Juncus castaneus, and trifidus. And on our way 

 over the hills to this place we saw an abundance of the foliage of 

 Carex rupestris, but very little flower. Yesterday we visited the 

 summit of Ben Aven, and found Ltczida arcuata there ; also upon a 

 lower hill called Craigindal we found a second native locality for 

 Astragalus alpinus and Carex rupestris, as well as a surprising number 

 of fine things. There is snow near to the summits of several of the 

 mountains in this neighbourhood. I was upon it on Ben Aven, and 

 also on one of the hills by the Whitewater of Clova. We go to 

 Aberdeen to-morrow morning, and take the steamer for Orkney, 

 where we do not expect to find much, if anything, of rarity, neither 

 do we in Shetland. I am very much pleased with this place, and 

 suspect from our accidental success upon one hill, that much must 

 remain to be done in the neighbourhood ; but even if we could 

 remain we should be prevented from going upon the hills after 

 to-day, on account of the game. — Believe me, dear Sir, most truly 

 yours, Charles C. Babington. 



To the same. 

 St. John's College, Cambridge, Dec. 16, 1842. 



My dear Sir, — I was greatly pleased when I saw your hand 

 upon the direction of the letter received this morning, as I had 

 been for some time rather hoping than expecting to receive one 



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