WESTBOTHLAND. "JS 



grass, currants, gooseberries, barberry- 

 berries, wild rose, and lovage {Ligusticum 

 Levisticum), though scarcely cherries, ap- 

 ples or plums. 



Barley in some of the neighbouring fields 

 was now beginning to spring up, but in 

 others it was not yet sown. 



The Governor informed me of a singular 

 opinion prevalent here concerning the clay 

 in the sand-hills, that it increases and de- 

 creases with the moon, so that by digging 

 during the full moon clay may be obtain- 

 ed, but, on the contrary, when the moon 

 is in the wane, sand only will be found in 

 the same spot. . The same gentleman re- 

 marked that cracks or chasms in the ground 

 are observable in tine or dry weather, 

 which close in cloudy or wet seasons, and 

 may have given rise to the above idea. 



Near the water side I caught an Ephe- 

 mertty of which I made a drawing and de- 

 scription. It was however of a distinct 

 genus from the proper Ephe??iera, having 

 the wings inclining downwards, not erect,. 



