152 WILD FLOWERS OF SCOTLAND 



virtue probably that of adding lustre to the eye 

 of beauty. 



The eyebright is not unfrequent on the plain, 

 but is generally found in such rude places as the 

 daisy does not care to invade; so that their 

 domains, though they often touch, sometimes even 

 intersect, remain essentially distinct. Both appear 

 on the links; but the one haunts the older and 

 maturer, the other the younger and rougher 

 portions. The eyebright has not the same ob- 

 jection to shade, and is common in the older 

 Lowland woods. 



Steady walking, without a break, is not for such 

 a forenoon as this. It is quite a delusion to sup- 

 pose that there is freshness in a Highland glen 

 when the day is warm, or shelter when the sun is 

 high. The rays beat down with pitiless severity ; 

 the heat gathers into ovenlike intensity ; there is 

 no gully anywhere on the investing heights deep 

 enough to create a breath. One often sighs or 

 gasps for the open plain, where he is at least sure 

 of what wind there is, just as a dweller on the 

 plain sighs for the seaside. Happily, there is 

 always the escape to the mountain-tops. 



Everywhere one is within hearing of the water, 

 with its suggestion of coolness. But there are 



