58 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
of Salix lanata. We proceeded by the eastern side of Loch 
Callater, which is the easiest for walking, and after refreshment 
at the gamekeeper’s house went on to Castleton. 
Friday, 20th August 1847. 
This day was occupied chiefly in arranging and drying 
specimens. We took a short walk by the banks of the Cluny 
water and the Dee, picking :— 
Meum athamanticum Humulus Lupulus (at the 
Peucedanum Ostruthium (in | Bridge) 
Free Churchyard) Triticum caninum 
Hieracium prenanthoides 
and some other common species. 
Saturday, 21st August 1847. 
We this day sent all our baggage by cart to Dunkeld, the 
man to be at Dunkeld on Monday forenoon. We carried with 
us our oilskin coats and a change of stockings. The day was 
misty and unpromising. After settling our bill and taking leave 
of Mrs, Clark we proceeded by two conveyances to Croachlach, 
a shooting lodge of General Duff about 12 miles from Castleton. 
Thence we walked through Glen Tilt, keeping the road nearly 
the whole time and diverging very little for the purpose of 
botanising.* We picked at the upper part of the glen Epzlobium 
angustifolium, Poa nemoralis, Saxifraga opposttifolia. After 
entering the woods we picked specimens of Campanula latifolia 
alba, Equisetum Drummondit, Melampyrum sylvaticum. 
Monday, 23rd August 1847. 
Started early from Bridge of Tilt and walked to Killiecrankie, 
meaning to join the coach as it passed. The Orobus niger, 
* The existence of a right-of-way through Glen Tilt was at this time in 
dispute, and the Botanists when they neared the foot of the Glen found their 
way barred. Of this incident the Diary contains a full description Mee 
need not be reproduced here. The experiences of the Botanists made 
question of right-of-way an acute one, and the claim to a et road ascail 
Glen Tilt was ultimately declared by the Law Courts to be ju ; 
