56 BOTANICAL TOtJR IN THE 



rotundifolia, P. secunda, Saxifraga granulata, tridactylites, Orni- 

 thopus perpusillus, Epipactis palusiris. 



The way to Dunkeld is along the right bank of the Tay, having 

 the river on our left, and the high grounds of Aberfeldie and 

 Moness on our right. The distance of Aberfeldie from Kenmore 

 is five miles. This village (Aberfeldie) is one of the largest and 

 neatest which we had seen in the Highlands. It is rather larger 

 than Callander, and contains several better houses than the latter 

 can boast of; but the surrounding scenery of Callander is finer 

 than that of Aberfeldie. The latter has the Tay, the finest of 

 Scotland's rivers of British rivers? We have not seen the 

 Shannon. Callander has the Teith ; but it has also Ben Ledi, 

 and the Pass of Leny, and Lubnaig, and the Crags of Callander, 

 which surpass every scene about Aberfeldie, except its Falls ; but 

 Aberfeldie is a very enjoyable place, and Killiecrankie is within 

 a moderate distance, and Tay mouth only the distance of a walk 

 before breakfast. Dull, celebrated in the ancient ecclesiastical 

 history of Scotland, is near, and accessible by a bridge, which 

 connects Aberfeldie with Weem, on the left bank of the Tay. 



We rested an hour at this agreeable place, and then walked on- 

 wards by Grandtully Castle, and, passing several other places of less 

 note, reached Dunkeld, nearly twenty-three miles from Kenmore, 

 about five o'clock. Our road was very pleasant, being never far 

 from the river, often on its very brink. At Logierait the united 

 rivers of the Tummel and the Garry combine their floods with 

 the Tay, which is now enlarged to at least double of its original 

 size. The distance from this point to Dunkeld is about eight 

 miles, and the road along the south side of the river is about as 

 beautiful as can well be conceived. We did not increase the 

 botanical department much during this walk, but we increased 

 our knowledge of the Tay and its banks, and were as enthusiastic 

 in its commendations as ever was a gentle knight in the praises 

 of his lady-love. 



Near to Dunkeld the scenery became much more imposing ; 

 the steep hanging woods and the abrupt cliffy hills presented 

 views such as we had never seen. We had seen higher and more 

 romantic cliffs ; but we had never seen any with so many pleas- 

 ing adjuncts, as trees, green meadows of the richest soil and the 

 liveliest colour, the waters of a noble river, the distant hills, some 

 of them clothed with wood to their very summits, some in all the 



