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Dined on board the boat. Took up some of the party at Corrie 
in passing. The captain of the “Jupiter” made great efforts to 
_ take the party back to Glasgow in time for the 8 o’clock train to 
Edinburgh. He was much hindered by the parties coming on 
board at all the ports, owing to the day being set apart for 
Greenock Fair. In spite of this, we reached the Broomielaw at 
7.45 p.m., and were in time for the train, reaching Edinburgh at 
10 p.m. 
Dysart, Wemyss, MacDuff’s Castle, Leven Bridge, 
Thornton. 
2 Saturday, 12th July 1856. 
Party of 70-80 met at the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee 
Railway Station at 9.45 a.m. and proceeded to Dysart, thence 
walked to Wemyss, MacDuff’s Castle, and Thornton Junction, 
where they joined the train at 8.10 p.m., and returned to 
Edinburgh about 10. Return tickets, 2s. 
Professor Allman with a geological party accompanied the 
botanists. At Dysart Station Mr. Barclay, Mr. Kerr, mining 
engineer, and the Messrs. Knight, sons of the Free Church 
minister of East Wemyss, met the party. Mr. Bywater also 
met them at his College, and exhibited his coal fossils and some 
diamonds. At Dysart the geological and botanical parties 
separated, the geological party guided by Mr. Kerr, the 
botanical by Messrs. Knight. The botanists walked near the 
shore to Wemyss, saw fossils on shore in shale. 
Visited Chapel Gardens under guidance of Mr. Bywater, the 
gardener. Went to Wemyss Castle—examined cliffs and 
garden, went by shore to East Wemyss, called at Mr. Knight’s 
and saw a beautiful collection of seaweeds and zoophytes, then 
walked to caves and gathered A splenium marinum. 
Visited the cave below MacDuff’s Castle, and lunched at the 
Castle about 3.30 or 4 p.m. Violent thunderstorm passed 
towards south-east, we only got a few drops of rain. Mr. 
Barclay kindly provided lunch for the whole party. Walked 
towards Leven Bridge, and then by banks of Leven and Ore to 
Thornton Junction. 
