340 MARINE PLANTS. CHAP, xx 



And still another : 



" ' Not worlds on worlds, in phalanx deep 

 Need we, to prove a God is here ; 

 The daisy, fresh from winter's sleep, 

 Tells of His Power in lines as clear.' " 



As far on as the month of June, the weather was cold 

 and wet. There was a good deal of hail, and one day of 

 almost continuous snow. It is true, the snow melted 

 as it fell, and did no other harm than giving the grass a 

 brownish colour ; though the country folks said the dis- 

 tant hills were covered with snow. 



Dick went to Loch Duran, some seven miles off, to 

 see the Bullrush, rather a rare plant in the far north ; 

 and besides the Lake Bullrush he found a much rarer 

 plant, the Lapland Eeed. He could find the plant no- 

 where else. Six miles inland he also found the Baltic 

 Rush. " How it got there," he said, "I cannot make out." 



He was recommended to try his hand among the 

 marine plants. "I have little doubt," he observed, 

 "that something new might be discovered among the 

 weeds along the sea-shore. Solomon says, ' All things 

 are full of labour.' But I'm ower auld for the labour, 

 and as for the honour, if I get a splitting headache and 

 a sweating cough for my pains whilst dabbling in a salt- 

 water pool, perhaps the cost to me would be greater 

 than the honour. The poor animal is overladen already, 

 and to put on more weight would probably squeeze the 

 life out of him altogether." 



" In fact," he says to Mr. John Miller, " I fear that in 

 pursuing researches among the rocks I have not been 



