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The Rev. Andrew Bloxam presented specimens of Anacharis alsi- 

 nastrum {Bab.), discovered by Miss Kirby in ponds or reservoirs near 

 Toxton Locks Canal, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, in 

 October last— (?. E. D. 



Account of a few days' Ramble among the Mountains of Cumberland 

 and Westmoreland. By James Backhouse, Jun., Esq. 



Leaving Carlisle by an early train on the morning of the 2nd of 8th 

 mo. (August), we stopped at the village of Shap, and soon found our- 

 selves upon the wild moors on our way to Hawes Water. Crossing 

 the sequestered valley of Swindale, which is finely shut in by the 

 mountains at the upper part, we reached the lake near its head, after 

 descending through Naddle Forest, which skirts its eastern shore for 

 some distance. Hawes Water produces Lobelia Dortmanna and 

 Isoetes lacustris, in common with most of the lakes in the district: 

 Alchemilla alpina grew almost down to the waters' edge, and Saxifraga 

 azoides began to gild the margins of the mountain streamlets. Bend- 

 ing our course up the deep valley Mardale, we reached " Small Water 

 Tarn ; " on the rocks between it and Blea Water we saw Oxyria reni- 

 foi-mis, Asplenium viride and Hieracium Lawsoni. From Blea Water 

 we climbed to the top of High Street Mountain, which rises im- 

 mediately above it, and continued along its ridge until we passed 

 Hays Water, when we descended and followed a mountain path 

 which led us into the Kirkstone road, near Brothers Water. After a 

 refreshing night's rest at the comfortable inn in Patterdale, we ascended 

 Helvellyn to the Red Tarn, round which we passed, finding Juncus 

 triglumis, Eriophorum polystachion, var. elegans (Bab.), and some 

 fine specimens of the large form of Carex rigida. On the Striding 

 edge we met with Cerastiura alpinum, Oxyria reniformis, Saxifiaga 

 oppositifolia, Hieracium diaphanum and Hieracium nigrescens of 

 Babington. From the top of Helvellyn we descended to Wythburn, 

 where we passed the night. The streams on the western side of the 

 mountain abound with Epilobium alsinifolium. The next morning 

 our route lay by Harrop Tarn and Blea Tarn, to the edge of Borrow- 

 dale : descending opposite to Eagle Crag, we bent our steps up a 

 deep valley, the cliffs on each side of which were fine and imposing; and 

 the dark Bow Fell with his head bathed in cloud, formed a fine centre- 

 piece to the picture. On the rocky summit of Glaramara we found 

 Hieracium alpinum in its genuine foim, with entire leaves, long silky 



