104 Mr Symington Grieve on the 



Watsonian district are Skye, South Eona, Raasay, Scalpa, 

 Eigg, Muck, Ham, Oaiina, and the smaller isles in their 

 vicinity. In the south of Skye is one of the most remark- 

 able mountainous regions in Scotland, Within a narrow 

 radius there are nine peaks over 3000 feet in height, the 

 liighest having an elevation of 3261 feet. To the south of 

 Skye there is the island of Bona and another remarkable 

 group of mountains, the highest of wliich rises 2667 feet 

 above sea-level. The number of plants recorded in this 

 vice-county is 385. 



105. West Ross. — This is an extensive district, but with 

 the exception of Wigtown and East Sutherland, has a 

 smaller number of plants recorded than any vice-county in 

 Scotland ; the number given by Mr Watson is 185. Here 

 is a field for botanists that will well repay exploration. 

 The scenery is grand in the extreme, and some of the finest 

 parts are quite beyond the reach of ordinary tourists, and 

 could not be satisfactorily worked without a camp. There 

 is an extensive littoral, and elevations up to 4000 feet, 

 the height of Ben Slioch. 



106. East Boss. — Another large vice-county, with high 

 mountains, the greatest elevation is Ben Wyvis, with a 

 height of 3422 feet. The plants recorded number 458. 

 The county of Cromarty is included in West and East Ross 

 according to the situations of its detached portions. 



107. East Sutlierland. — This is an extensive vice-county 

 that has been little explored by the botanist. We have 

 only a list of 184 plants that have been observed. This is 

 next to Wigtown the vice- county with the smallest number 

 of plants recorded. The highest elevation is Ben Kli- 

 breck, with a height of 3164 feet. 



108. West Sutherland. — This wild district of the north- 

 west of Scotland, the region of moor and loch, has many high 

 mountains, two of which have elevations of over 3000 feet, 

 the highest is Ben More, Assynt, with an altitude of 3281 

 feet. The deep indentations of the coast, the many islets, 

 and the bold sea cliffs, all tend to make this an interesting 

 district to the visitor. The number of plants that have 

 been observed is only 373. 



109. Caithness. — Tliis district is more accessible than 

 that we have just referred to, but has no elevations higher 



