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went along the shore searching for phxnts, &c., and the others 

 went to see the Water- Works. On the south shore of the Loch 

 a number of interesting jilants were picked ujo, but they were 

 of the species usually found in such situations. The two 

 parties again joined at Lochaber, whither they had gone by 

 different routes across the fields. Some boggy places, quite 

 covered with the lovely blue flowers of the Scabiosa succisa, 

 were well searched for varieties of that plant, and white and 

 rose-coloured ones were found. The rare Sundew, Drosera 

 anglica, one of the family of flesh-eaters which has attracted 

 so much attention from men of science during the past few 

 years, was found close to the water edge, with the remains of 

 half-digested insects still sticking to the viscid glands with 

 which the leaves are covered. A bed of Lignite of great 

 depth is situated at the north end of the Loch, and was ex- 

 amined very carefully. A number of the painted Lady But- 

 terflies were flying about the hedge sides at Woodhead, and 

 it is somewhat strange that this butterfly, so abundant this 

 year, has not been seen in the district for the last eleven 

 yeai's. Nothing further specially interesting, with the excep- 

 tion of the Quarry in the Longwood, was met with, and the 

 party reached Dumfries again shortly after six o'clock. 



