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was welcomed very heartily, — Graham, Greville, and the 

 young American, Green, being the only individuals I had 

 previously seen of the party. The rest are students, six- 

 teen or seventeen in all, ourself included. 



" The day after I arrived we went up to the head of 

 this valley, as far as Loch Esk, where several botanised, 

 and a few fished. The day was too calm for the latter 

 exercise, and we had no greal sport ; but I had the satis- 

 faction of being the victor by about twice the number of 

 the others. We had milk and water, with do. and 

 whisky, at a little forlorn and romantic shooting-hut of 

 Sir John Ogi Ivy's, about a thousand miles up in the air. 

 We had also Sandwich Islands in our pockets. I have 

 already been fortunate in getting some good insects ; 

 among others, four fine specimens of Cardbus glabratus, 

 a- large beetle which you will find among my carabi with 

 broken elytra. 



"To-day I fished in Loch Brandy, one of my haunts of 

 last year. We had no great sport. I called two dozen 



and two, Greville nineteen, T. W thirteen. I can 



scarcely believe that I have been here only two days — 

 such a bustle and botanising. But oh ! the snoring and 

 snorting that take place at night. Drs Graham, Greville, 

 Wight, Green, and myself, sleep quietly in one room, part 

 of us in two beds, and the rest upon the floor. In the 

 other room the scene is extraordinary, for there the floor 



