24 DUMBARTONSHIRE EXCURSIONS. 
visited the Caledonian hill-fort on Dunbuie, under the leadership 
of the late Mr. W. A. Donnelly, who gave many interesting 
particulars regarding the various finds made during the excavations 
here. 
Auchentorlie Glen was visited on 16th October, 1886, and 
again on 16th June, 1888. On the latter occasion the Rev. A. S. 
Wilson, M.A., B.Sc., first President of the Society, acted as 
conductor, and the party were joined by a few of the students 
attending the summer Botany class in the Andersonian College, 
where Mr. Wilson was at that time lecturer. At this excursion 
the following list of plants, found in the glen, was compiled :— 
Sisymbrium Thaliana, Hook. Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, L. 
Myosotis versicolor, Reich. Asplenium Trichomanes, L. 
Ornithopus perpusillus, L. Aspidium aculeatum, Sev. 
Ruscus aculeatus, L. Polypodium Phegopteris, L. 
Campanula latifolia, L. Polypodium Dryopteris, L. 
Milium effusum, L. 
A service-tree (Pyrus pinnatifida) on the side of the carriage 
drive was measured, girth 5 ft. 2 ins, and an ash near the 
mansion house girthed r1 ft. 5 ins. 
Gallangad Glen has been visited on three occasions by the 
botanical section, the first excursion being on 7th July, 1900, 
on which occasion the rare Pyrola secunda, L., was discovered 
here, this being its first record for the county. On the second 
occasion—z22nd June, 1901—the entomological and microscopical 
sections joined with the botanists, and the glen was fully explored 
from Caldarvon upwards to the waterfall, which is one of the 
largest and finest in the district. The third visit was on 18th 
June, 1904. No detailed record of these excursions is, however, 
available. 
IV.—KILMARONOCK PARISH. 
The district included in the parish of Kilmaronock, lying 
between the Kilpatrick hills and the south-eastern shore of Loch 
Lomond has been twice visited by the Society, the first occasion 
being on 4th August, 1900, when an excursion to Ross Priory was 
arranged conjointly with the Natural History Society of Glasgow. 
After visiting the family burial-ground, the party were met at the 
