PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 147 
Monday, 16th August 1852. 
This morning was very wet. In spite of it our party went in 
a two-horse car to the Gap of Dunloe, walked through the Gap, 
and visited the rocks in it. 
Gathered :-— 
Nuphar luteum Saxifraga umbrosa 
Nympheea alba Lobelia Dortmanna 
Saxifraga hirsuta Lastrea Foenisecii 
= serratifolia 
Leaving the Gap, walked to the Upper Lake, where the four- 
oared boat was waiting for us. 
On the way gathered :— 
Ilex Aquifolium Euphorbia hiberna 
Drosera longifolia Rhynchospora alba 
Hieracium prenanthoides 
Sailed through the Upper Lake and then through the Long 
Range, Eagles’ Nest, passing Turk Mountain. Passed through 
the Rapids under the bridge near the Middle Lake. Landed and 
had lunch. Picked abundance of Arbutus Unedo in fruit. One 
of the prettiest scenes was in the space between the Upper and 
Middle Lake. A race took place between four of our party 
in one boat and five of another party in another. Our party, 
consisting of Balfour, Menzies, Allman, and Sibbald, with Dr. 
Sutherland as cockswain, beat the other. 
Scotch reels and Irish jigs took place in the hall where \ we had 
lunch. Returned to the inn about 6 p.m. Z 
Tuesday, 17th August 1852. 
One of the boatmen having offered to show. me a station for 
Trichomanes brevisetum 1 started at 5 a.m. and went with him 
to a burn on Turk Mountain beyond the fall. After passing 
through very wet and entangled ground, thickly beset with 
thorns, brambles, and hollies, to the no small detriment of 
clothes and person, we reached the spot. The weather, which 
had been lowering all morning, now broke up, and by the time I 
got to the inn there was promise of a fine day. Accordingly at 
