PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 101 
On reaching the White Water the party separated, Mr. 
Sherwood and Dr. B. proceeded to Glen Fee, while the rest of 
the party—viz., Mr. M‘Micking, Brown, Stewart, Burd—went up 
Glen Dole. On the rocks at Glen Fee was picked abundance of 
Oxytropis campestris, but no Woodsia tlvensis. Saw a fine eagle 
to-day. 
Ascended the cliffs in Glen Fee to the top of Craig Rennett 
and walked by Craig Maud along the ridge on the side of Glen 
Dole. Descended some of the ravines ; saw Mulgedium alpinum, 
but not in flower, also many good alpine plants. 
Reascended to the top of the cliffs, and amidst hail, rain, mist, 
and wind proceeded to the shepherd’s hut at the top of Jock’s 
Road, where we met the rest of the party snugly drying them- 
selves over a peat fire. 
After lunch walked by the banks of the White Water, picking 
Alopecurus alpinus, Phleum alpinum, and many alpine species, 
till we reached the upper part of Glen Callater, close to Loch- 
nagar. No /wncus castaneus could be seen. 
Descended into Glen Callater and walked by the side of the 
loch and by the banks of the Water to Castleton of Braemar, which 
we reached about 7 p.m., nearly three hours after Her Majesty 
had passed on her way to Balmoral. 
‘ Thursday, 16th August 1849. 
Party (with the exception of Messrs. Christie, M‘Allum, and 
Stewart) started this morning in a conveyance for the Linn of 
- Dee, thence they walked up the glen to the gamekeeper’s house 
(M‘Hardy’s) at the foot of Glen Lui. In place of going up this 
glen, they turned to the right and ascended the hills near Loch 
Etchachan. Reached the summit of Ben na Mac Dhu about 2 p.m., 
and had lunch there. The day fine and splendid prospect, Ben 
Nevis seen in the distance, the valley of the Spey, the sea on the 
coast of Morayshire, &c. 
Descended along a large wreath of snow about 100 feet in 
length towards the Shelter Stone and Loch Avon. The party 
lay under the stone for a time, then ascended towards Loch 
