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occur near Lag, in the island of Arran. The party reached Port Ellen 

 about Sj p. M., after a long and fatiguing walk. At this port a light- 

 house has been erected by Mr. Campbell. 



August, 22nd. — Leaving Port Ellen at 7, a. m., we went along the 

 shore to Ardinisteil, where we breakfasted with Mr. Stein. On our 

 way we picked Galeopsis versicolor and Convolvulus sepium. After 

 breakfast we directed our course towards Loch Knook or Knook-hill, 

 where Mr. Campbell has a summer residence, called Ardimersay cot- 

 tage. Here there is a considerable extent of thriving plantations, and 

 we spent some hours in the examination of them. The chief plants 

 which rewarded our exertions were, Circaea intermedia, Carex lasvi- 

 gata, Hymenophyllum Wilsoni, Polypodium Phegopteris, Cardamine 

 sylvatica and Prunus Cerasus. On the rocks in the neighbourhood 

 were seen Milium effusum, Tanacetum vulgare and Inula Helenium, 

 evidently an escape from an old garden. Near the cottage there is 

 an old fort, now in ruins, called Dun Naomhaig, and pronounced Du- 

 navaig, remarkable as being the last held by the MacDonalds. It 

 was taken by the Campbells, who, it is said, resorted to the method 

 of cutting the water-pipes, which were conveyed under the sea in the 

 bay, and thus causing a surrender. The rock of the fort seems to be 

 impregnable on all sides but that next the land. In the vicinity of 

 the cottage a place is shown which is said to be the grave of the 

 Princess Isla. 



After partaking of refreshment kindly supplied by the housekeeper 

 at the cottage, we walked partly by the shore and partly inland as far 

 as Kildalton, where porphyritic rocks present themselves. Here a 

 fine old church is seen in ruins. It had two windows in the east end 

 and two at each side, with two doors. Two stone crosses differing 

 slightly in character are seen, one in the church -yard surrounding 

 the chapel, and the other at a little distance from it. Some curious 

 old grave-stones occur. Nettles and Anthriscus sylvestris now grow 

 in profusion within the precincts of the chapel ; and the procumbent 

 variety of the common juniper on its walls. The various species of 

 nettle seem to follow the footsteps of man, and delight to grow in 

 places where nitrate of lime is produced. 



" At the wall's base the fiery nettle springs 

 With fruit globose and fierce with poisoned stings." 



In boggy places in the vicinity of the old chapel, we found Helo- 

 sciadium nodiflorum, Hypericum elodes, Carex remota and filiforrais. 



