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some mosque lamps, some curtains in bright-coloured cottons, 

 carpets, pottery formed of the mud of the Nile, and trays and 

 vases of Damacene work and Benares brass. 



Returning to the Manse, the party again partook of the hospi- 

 tality of Mr and Mrs Sturrock, to whom, on the motion of Dr 

 Gilchrist, president of the Society, a hearty expression of 

 thanks was conveyed. Shortly afterwards the waggonettes drew 

 up, and the party left for Dumfries, which was reached about 

 eight o'clock, and without much rain having been encountered on 

 the way. When, some years ago, the Society formerly visited 

 Corsock, the weather was very similar to that of Saturday; but on 

 that occasion as on this the hospitality of the Manse did not fail, 

 and feelings of regret for lost opportunities in scientific explora- 

 tion were supplanted by a sense of social enjoyment. 



The botanical finds were not numerous. But in the walk 

 through the woodland to the loch, the ground was seen to abound 

 in very fine fungi and lichens, some of the rarer sorts of which 

 were picked up by Dr Gilchrist. The following note from 

 Dr Anstruther Davidson, Thornhill, was received : — The heavy 

 rain which fell during the afternoon prevented the botanists 

 of the party from exploring the glen and adjoining woods. 

 In Corsock wood, however, Mr Chrystie, Dumfries, collected 

 specimens of Lysimachia ciliata, a North American plant, men- 

 tioned in the Floras as having established itself in Cumberland 

 and near Dumbarton ; in this case doubtless a garden escape. 

 Amongst the less common plants observed near Corsock House 

 may be mentioned 3feum athamanticum and Arctitim iiiajus. 

 On the edge of the loch were gathered Scutellaria galericulata 

 and Alis'tna ranuncidoides, and in the loch itself Nwphar hctea, 

 Nym2)hcea alba, Potainoyeton crispus, P. obtusi/olius, and Chara 



