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ard, at 9 o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, June 29th, 1841 ; a walk of a mile 

 brought us to Terrington, a noted locality for Sedum dasyphyllura, which we observed 

 on an old wall. On Colton Moor, three miles farther on, we first observed Digitalis 

 purpurea; and throughout the rest of our journey we never went far without seeing it 

 in greater or less quantity : here too we noticed the pretty Antennaria dioica. From 

 Colton to Gilling the distance is three miles ; between the last-named place and Am- 

 pleforth College we saw Carex intermedia ; and in ascending the steep hill to Am- 

 pleforth Mill, we gathered a few plants of Geranium columbinum. On Ampleforth 

 Moor we found Empetrum nigrum and Lycopodium clavatum, plants which oc- 

 cur abundantly on all the high moors, besides a few plants of Aspidium Oreop- 

 teris. Having passed Ampleforth Moor we came upon Wass Moor, and were busi- 

 ly employed in hunting for Lycopodium alpinum, which is said to grow there, when 

 we were driven from our ground by a tremendous thunder-storm, and after various 

 stoppages reached the Hambleton Hotel, 16J miles from our place of starting, at 5 

 o'clock P.M., amidst a heavy fall of rain. Our plans were now totally disconcerted, 

 for we had anticipated spending the greater part of the afternoon and evening at 

 Whitston cliff e ; we however started again about 6 o'clock, and in twenty minutes 

 reached the brow of Whitstoncliffe, having in our way observed Listera cordata, Aira 

 verna [?] and Lycopodium Selago. Here the view was most magnificent ; we stood on 

 the highest part of an almost perpendicular range of cliffs, extending in the form of a 

 crescent, at an elevation of 1,178 feet above the level of the sea. At our feet lay Gor- 

 mire, a remarkable lake about a mile in circumference, but appearing to us scarcely 

 larger than a duck-pond ; beyond extended a vast plain, a continuation of the vale of 

 York, on which we distinguished Thirsk, distant about five miles, and several other 

 towns ; farther still were lofty hills, conspicuous among which was Penhill, at the en- 

 trance of the romantic valley of Wensley dale. We now commenced descending the 

 hill — no trifling task, and in our way down gathered fine specimens of Avena praten- 

 sis (frequent on the coralline oolite of Yorkshire, and also on the magnesian limestone), 

 Aira cristata, Neckera crispa, Jungermannia Tamarisci and Sphserophoron coralloides. 

 At Gormire we collected Pilularia globulifera, and Potamogeton heterophyllus with- 

 out floating leaves, and noticed Menyanthes trifoliata. If the descent had been difii- 

 cult, much more fatiguing and dangerous was it to ascend, as we did at the steepest 

 part where an ascent was at all practicable. On our toilsome journey we collected 

 Arabis hirsuta, Geranium lucidum, Aspidium aculeatum, Cystopteris fragilis, Asple- 

 nium Trichomanes, Tortula tortuosa and Jungermannia platyphylla. We had not 

 reached the summit of the cliff when we were again overtaken by a heavy shower, and 

 having clambered up as speedily as possible, we sat down under an old wall with an 

 umbrella spread over us. And here we saw a sight that can be seldom witnessed ; a 

 beautiful rainbow extended over our heads to the opposite extremity of the crescent, 

 whence it was continued downwards into the vale below, and, had it not been for the 

 small space immediately underneath us, would have formed a perfect circle. After 

 spending little more than two hours at Whitstoncliffe, for the satisfactory exploration 

 of which as many days would be required, we made the best of our way to the hotel. 

 We were detained at the hotel by rain until 9 o'clock the following day, June 

 30th, when we again started and walked across Hambleton to Scawton, 2J miles, and 

 in our way gathered Poa compressa and Orthotrichum Hutchinsiae on an old wall ; 

 passing the village we descended into a deep glen called "the Howie," where we spent 

 a considerable time very usefully. The most conspicuous object here was the elegant 



