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Excursion of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club 

 TO Kirkby-Lonsdale in 1899. By William Craig, 

 M.D., F.RS.K, F.E.C.S.Ed., Secretary of the Club. 



(Read 11th January 1900.) 



On Monday, 31st July 1899, the following members of 

 the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club met in the Eoyal Hotel, 

 Kirkby-Lonsdale : — William B. Boyd, President ; Eev. Dr. 

 David Paul, Eev. George Alison, Eev. George Gunn, Dr. 

 David T. Playfair, P. Neill Fraser, George H. Potts, A. H. 

 Evans, and Dr. William Craig. The Club on this occasion 

 had as visitors — I\Ir. George Stabler, a well-known authority 

 on mosses ; E. Turnbull, B.Sc. ; James A. Terras, B.Sc. ; 

 F. C. Crawford, and H. E. Hall. Through the kindness of 

 the Caledonian and London and North-Western Eailway 

 Companies, a fine saloon carriage was sent from Edinburgh 

 to Kirkby-Lonsdale for the private use of the members of 

 the Club. 



Kirkby-Lonsdale is a fine old Englisli town, pleasantly 

 situated on the right bank of the Lune. The town is in 

 Westmoreland, but is close on the borders of Yorkshire and 

 Lancashire. The Club visited this place in 1884, but only 

 for a single day. 



On Tuesday, 1st August, our excursion was to Ingle- 

 borough Hill, a mountain 2373 feet high, and one of the 

 higliest in Yorkshire, and the White Scars, the summit of 

 which is 1354 feet above sea-level. We drove in a con- 

 veyance as far as Ingleton, distant nine miles from Kirkby- 

 Lonsdale. Here we left our conveyance and followed a rude 

 cart-track as far as Crina Bottom, a small cottage fully two 

 miles from Ingleton, and where non-intoxicating beverages 

 may be had by the many travellers who pass on their way 

 to Ingleborough Hill. The day was liot in tlie extreme, 

 and as there was no wind, with a cloudless sky and a 

 burning sun overhead, botanising was performed under the 

 greatest difficulties. At this cottage the party divided into 

 two divisions, one party proceeding to Ingleborough Hill — 

 some of whom reached tlie summit, — the other party turned 

 to the left and examined tlie rocks known as the White 

 Scars. 



