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54 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sezss. usrx. 
proprietor of the forests of Affaric and Benula, and through 
Messrs. Innes & Mackay, Inverness, with the shooting 
tenants, Sir Peter Walker and Captain Quintin Dick, for 
permission for the club to visit Mam Soul and the adjacent 
hills, for botanical purposes, not later than the second week 
of July. This stipulation necessitated the meeting being 
held at least a fortnight earlier than usual, which was probably 
an unsuitable date for most of the members; but the 
committee thought it well to take advantage of this 
opportunity of visiting a locality new to the club. 
The road, after leaving the station at Beauly, followed the 
course of the river Beauly as far as Struy, after which it 
led up Strath Glass. The weather was very fine, and the 
drive was much enjoyed. Some of the gorges through which 
the river Beauly flows were much admired. Soon after 
leaving Beauly Station a large number of plants of Goodyera 
repens Were seen growing in a fir wood ; but, during the drive 
of seventeen miles to Cannich, no other plants of special 
interest were observed; but large quantities of ferns, and 
especially of the lemon-scented fern, Lastrea montana, were 
seen by the side of the road, in great luxuriance ; so that if the 
district was not to prove exceptionally rich in the rarer Alpines, 
there was evidence of abundant scope for the energies of 
those of the party interested in the varietal forms of British 
ferns. On arrival at the hotel, comfortable quarters were 
found by the members of the party. 
As it had been arranged to visit Mam Soul on the following 
day, and as this entailed a drive of about twelve miles up 
Glenaffaric, a very early start was decided on, the members 
leaving the hotel in a brake soon after 6.30. The weather 
Was again very fine, and the drive up Glenaffaric much 
enjoyed. On arriving at Affaric Shooting Lodge, the party 
was met by Mr. Alexander Maclaren, head stalker, who 
had arranged to send two of his stalkers to act as guides, 
who were found of great assistance by the members. A path 
skirted the base of the mountain for about three miles before 
the ascent proper was begun. The ascent was greatly 
facilitated by a path used by stalkers, and up which the 
president rode on a pony to near the top of the mountain. 
During the day two golden eagles were seen, and a large 
number of deer. The following Alpine plants were found :— 
