XVII 

 AMONG THE SOUTHERN UPLANDS 



pass from the Highlands to the Borders 

 is of the nature of an anti-climax. Nothing 

 here was lofty enough to give shelter to such 

 snow plants as may have retreated up their sides. 

 The southern uplands are moorland and sub- 

 alpine. 



What rare wild flowers there are, may best be 

 shaded off by what are missing. No rare 

 saxifrages, no snowy gentian, no rock speedwell, 

 no mountain forget-me-not, of the northern alpine 



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