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here grows to a great size. Between Dunbarton and Glasgow : 

 Prunus Padus, Quercus Robur, Fraxinus excelsior, &c. In 

 Glenappe on Loch Ryan, the woods consisted of the following 

 species : Betula alba, Corylus Avellana, Fraxinus excelsior, 

 Alnus glutinosa, Mespilus oxyacantha, Prunus spinosa. At 

 the fall of Foyers, Pinus sylvestris, Betula alba, and Fraxinus 

 excelsior, grow upon the brinks, and along the precipices. The 

 country between this (PoUewe) and Inverness is but thinly 

 wooded. In the higher or central parts between the two seas 

 there is no wood at all ; but the moors every where bear evi- 

 dence of the former existence of very large trees. In common 

 the Betula Alnus grows along the rivers and lakes, the B. alba 

 on the sides of the mountains, and the Pinus sylvestris in a si- 

 milar situation. I have seen the Ilex Aquhbhum on the face 

 of a rock ; Quercus Robur, Fraxinus excelsior, Populus tre- 

 mula and Pyrus Aucuparia thinly scattered along the sides of 

 the hills. At Ord in Skye, the woods, which are pretty ex- 

 tensive, are composed of Corylus Avellana, Betula alba, Betula 

 Alnus, Fraxinus excelsior, Prunus Padus, Prunus Cerasus, 

 Mespilus oxyacantha, and perhaps some others. From Inve- 

 rary to Cairndu, there was a good deal of natural wood, con- 

 sisting chiefly of Quercus Robur, Corylus Avellana, Prunus 

 spinosa, Fraxinus excelsior, Populus tremula, and several wil- 

 lows. Among the plants observed here (at Aberfoyl) were 

 Quercus Robur, Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus excelsior, Betula 

 alba, Populus tremula, Sorbus Aucuparia, &c. To these four- 

 teen stations might be added as many more, but perhaps more 

 than enough has already been said on the subject. — W. M'G. 



STATISTICS. 



19. Religious toleration in Russia. — Independently of the 

 people who profess the ordiodox religion in Russia, there are in the 

 country, Roman Catholics, Unitarians, Lutherans, Calvinists, 

 Armenians, Mennonists, Mahomedans, Jews, worshippers of the 

 Grand Lama, and Idolaters. The number of Roman Catholics 

 may be estimated at jeven millions, and of other Christians rather 

 more than two millions and a-half. The Mahomedans of Kasan, 

 Astracan, Siberia, Orenburg, the Crimea, Caucasus, Lithuania, 

 and other places, have mosques in the places where they have 

 fixed their abode. Their mnnbcr amounts to more than three 



