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various lessons which they furnish, goes on to say, — 



" Not alone in her vast dome of glory, 



Not on graves of birds and beasts alone, 

 But in old cathedrals high and hoary 

 On the tombs of heroes carved in stone. 



In the cottage of the rudest peasant, 



In ancestral homes whose crumbling towers 



Speaking of the past unto the present 

 Tell us of the ancient games of flowers. 



In all places then and in all seasons 



Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings, 



Teaching us by most persuasive reasons 

 How akin they are to human things.'' 



On an island near that already mentioned, and separated from it only 

 by a narrow strait, are the ruins of some buildings where the Lords 

 of the Isles held their councils. The islands were formerly united by 

 a draw-bridge. On one side of the island on which Finlaggan Castle 

 stands there are the remains of a pier, and a similar pier exists on the 

 mainland. In the loch grew Phragmites communis, Nymphaea alba 

 and Potamogeton natans. 



From Finlaggan we w alked to Duisker, where Agrimonia Eupatoria, 

 Eupatorium cannabinum and Festuca gigantea were found. This 

 being a limestone district the vegetation was luxuriant, and the rocks 

 were undermined in many places by the streams. On our way from 

 this district to Ealabus, we visited Loch Skiros, and gathered Pota- 

 mogeton perfoliatus and pusillus and Callitriche autumnalis. 



In the evening the party were conveyed to Portaskaig, and went on 

 board the steam-boat which was to start early next morning for 

 Tarbet. 



Thus ended our Islay trip, one from which all of us derived the 

 greatest gratification, and for which we were deeply indebted to the 

 kindness and hospitality of Mr. Chiene. Without his kind offices we 

 could not have examined the island in the manner we did. He spared 

 no trouble in conveying us to different parts of the island, and in 

 affording us every facility for the prosecution of our researches. 



