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base. Dunagoil was a vitrified fort, of whicli part of a wall still 

 remains. Whether the vitrification was merely accidental, caused 

 by strong wind blowing up from the sea so as to occasion fierce 

 combustion with great heat, or whether it was produced inten- 

 tionally, is a subject upon which authorities do not seem to be 

 agreed. After having rested and enjoyed the beautiful view 

 obtainable from the fort, the party proceeded to St. Blane's 

 Chapel, also known as Kilblain and Kingarth. This is a ruin of 

 uncertain age, which ^lestles in a delightful and sheltered hollow. 

 The style of architecture is mainly Norman, with some early 

 Gothic windows. The Norman portion, however, seems to cover 

 a building of an earlier date, while the Gothic windows mark a 

 third style, of date still later than the Norman. The Rev. Dr. 

 Hewison, in his book entitled Bute in the Olden Time, considers 

 that the original edifice, which is still the framework of the 

 present building, was erected under the supervision of St. Blanc, 

 who died about the year 630. From the chapel the hill-path 

 over the flank of Suidhe Chatain was followed. This hill is 

 517 feet high, and from its summit a series of magnificent views 

 present themselves in every direction. From no other coign of 

 vantage can so fine a prospect of the Arran mountains be obtained. 



The list of Birds observed in the course of the day was not a 

 long one, but some members of the party, who had been down at 

 Kilchattan Bay over the week-end, had noted 63 species— a 

 record which at that early season could hardly be excelled 

 elsewhere in the Clyde Area. Only a few of the early Flowering- 

 plants were seen in bloom. 



Amoncf the Microfungi noted were J'seadophacidium callunrti, 

 Karst., and C oniothyrium Boiideanum, A. L. Smith. The former 

 was added to the British List from specimens discovered at West 

 Kilbi'ide, Ayrshire, in March, 1892,* and the latter was described 

 as new to science from specimens obtained in that district in 

 October 1899.1 So far as can be ascertained, no additional 

 British records of these species have as yet been reported, and they 

 accordingly form interesting additions to the fungus flora of Bute. 



* Journal of Botany, May, 1898; Transactions of the British Mycoloijicul 

 Society, 1897-98, p. 73. 



t Journa.l of the Royal Microscopical Sorietv, 1 900, p. 42.3, pi. 3, f5g. 3 ; 

 Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc, 1899-1900. 



