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centre of the island ; examined it and its tributaries ; 

 crossed the highway between Lamlash and Lag at its 

 saddle ; ascended to Loch Urie ; descended by the Knock- 

 enkelly Glen to Whiting Bay; thence to Kildonan — 13 1 

 hours. — No success, save finding a magnificent plant of the 

 (ruelder Eose (Viburnum Opnlus) overhanging a waterfall 

 in Craigan Glen. 



Third Exmrsion. — With the Eev. liobert Drummond, 

 Lothian Eoad, Edinburgh. From Lochranza, in the north 

 of Arran, we passed along the hillside southward, visiting 

 the Fairy Dell and the Great Eent, the latter about 950 

 feet above the sea, and nearly forty feet in depth 

 (recognisable by a mountain ash growing at its entrance) ; 

 descended at the Old Salt Pans ; advanced to Lagan, 

 famous for its fossil beds ; ended at Corrie. — No success. 



Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Excursions. — Visited North Glen 

 Sannox ; ascended its greatest gorge to the east shoulder of 

 the first of the high Sannox range (Sitidhe Flicarghas) ; 

 passed by it into South Glen Sannox. A^isited the glens 

 and gorges on the side of Glen Sannox, and also those 

 above Corrie to Maol Donn — half-way to Brodick. 

 Ascended the gorges on both sides of Glen Chalmadale. 

 — No success. 



SUCCESSFUL EXCURSIONS. 



Fird Successful Excursion. — Having been unsuccessful in 

 south, east, and west, both in the centre of the island and 

 by the coast, I drew nearer the already-known habitats of 

 the Eare Pyrus. Having landed by the Fairlie and 

 Campbeltown steamer at Pirn Mill, six miles south of 

 Lochranza, I ascended the Allt Gobhlach to the beautiful 

 little waterfall (The Eaven's Nest), two or three hundred 

 feet above sea-level. Above this the botanical feature of 

 the stream is the abundance of the aspen {Poirulus tremula). 

 This was a good omen, as a plant of it grows with the Eare 

 Pyrus in the tributary at the head of Glen Catacol. From 

 the Allt Gobhlach stream I passed by the south shoulder 

 of Beinn Bharain to Loch Dubh. In it T found Lobelia 

 Dortnianna and Utricularia vulgaris, both of which grow 

 also in Loch Tana and in Loch-na-Davie (1182 feet above 

 sea-level). 



