8 TOUR IN SCOTLAND. [January, 



There, all the influences of the Saints are attributed to the moon. 

 That this luminary plays an important part in the regulation of 

 the temperature, the rain, the wind, and other atmospheric agen- 

 cies, is as seriously believed in Scotland as the jus divinum of 

 Pi'esbytery is by a true-blue Presbyterian. 



The 16th was like its predecessor, but not quite so unfavour- 

 able. We were able in the afternoon to visit the ruins of the 

 ancient castle of the Campbells, and the mausoleum of the re- 

 mote and more recent members of that ancient and noble family. 

 We of course heard the account of its being burnt down ; and 

 the present erection, with provident foresight, has been built 

 fire-proof. The remains of the illustrious dead are disposed in 

 suitable catacombs, which are bricked up when the bodies are 

 interred. We did not linger long among the narrow " mansions 

 of the dead;" and, as the subject is a sombre one, no more need 

 be said about it. But Finlarig Castle and the Marquis's Mau- 

 soleum are the chief lions of Killin ; and here it would be con- 

 sidered disrespectful, and a grievous offence, to leave them un- 

 visited. The grave of Fingal and the burial-place of the Macnabs 

 are invested with a poetic and sacred interest, and strike sympa- 

 thetic chords in the heart of a believer in Ossian and in a genuine 

 descendant of the Macnabs. The Campbells and their retainers 

 in like manner venerate the very burial-place of their chiefs. At 

 Finlarig we collected Mcehringia irinervia, Clair., Arenaria tri' 

 nervis, Sm., a plant not of common occurrence in these parts. 



As our botanical discoveries at Killin were not very important, 

 the following subjoined list is given as the result of better observa- 

 tion than ours, or at least of more successful researches : — Draba 

 rupestris, Stellaria cerastoides, Dryas odopetala, Epilobium alsi- 

 nifolium, Sedum villosum, Saxifraga cernua, S. rivularis, Linncea 

 borealis, Erigeron alpinum, Saussurea alpina, Azalea procumhens, 

 Gentiana nivalis, Veronica alpina, V.fruticulosa, Lister a cor data. 

 Several of these we know grow near the summit of Ben Lawers ; 

 others probably may be collected on Craigchailleach, Craig-na- 

 hain, and on other rocks on this chain nearer to Killin. These 

 plants are deservedly of great interest, but they do not occupy so 

 prominent a position in the landscape of the region where they 

 grow as they do in the estimation of the botanist. In the evening 

 we lectured to the pupils of the Parochial School, and the clergy- 

 man honoured the occasion by courteously presiding. 



