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spondeiice with Logan of Restalrig on this subject, not only shows 

 his desire to become the possessor of such an eligible property, but 

 the terms in which he expresses himself imply that the district of 

 country in which it is situated was even at that early period enriched 

 by cultivation. " I cair nocht" says he " for all the land I hae in this 

 kingdume, in case I get a grip of Dirleton, for I esteme it the pleasant- 

 est dwelling in Scotland." 



We now took our departure from 'pleasant' Dirleton, and made for 

 the neighbouring woods of Archerfield. In the ditches on our way 

 we observed Veronica Anagallis growing to the unusual height of four 

 feet or more, and interspersed with Nasturtium officinale, also very 

 large. In the wooded grounds we picked Rumex sanguineus, Listera 

 ovata, Epipactis latifolia, Epilobium hirsutum, and observed Nuphar 

 lutea growing in the pond and adjoining stream. Emerging upon the 

 public road, we picked Pyrethrum Partheniura growing in a hedge. 

 Along the road-sides between Archerfield and Gullan we found Con- 

 volvulus arvensis, Knautia arvensis, Centaurea Scabiosaand Anthemis 

 Cotula. At Gullan, a village which has acquired some celebrity for 

 the training of race-horses on its ample sand-downs, we continued 

 to pursue our own pleasant and innocent sport ;* and here again we 

 met with Hyoscyamus niger, also Geranium pusillum, and rarer still, 

 by the margin of a small pond near the village, we picked Limosella 

 aquatica. It being now about mid-day, several of the party, who con- 

 templated returning to Glasgow that evening, were under the necessity 

 of reluctantly separating from the main body, who continued to ex- 

 plore the coast during a leisurely walk towards Edinburgh. Three of 

 our number who had risen with the morning sun to ascend North 

 Berwick Law, had been informed by the fishermen, that the peculiar 

 ruddy light portended a rainy day. We had little apprehension of 

 the fulfilment of this prediction as we scoured the links between North 

 Berwick and Dirleton during the bright sunshine of a delightful morn- 

 ing ; but as the day advanced it brought unpleasant symptoms of the 

 soundness of the old fishermen's conclusions. Latterly it rained in 

 torrents, but botanists wear a charmed life. A slight degree of dis- 

 comfort was the only inconvenience the party sustained from their 

 drenching, which conld not damp the ardour of their pursuit, as the 

 remainder of the list of plants collected will testify. On Gullan Links 

 we gathered Cerastium arvense, Erylhraea linarifolia, Thrincia hirta, 

 Echium vulgare and Anagallis tenella, a plant which abounds in the 



* Wordsworth says of liotauists, " there is no poison in their sport.' 



