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Were all comfortably accommodated. Afternoon was very wet 
and windy, and we were prevented from walking. I ascertained 
one important fact to-day—that there was no smoking man in 
the party. The day became windy and wet. 
Monday, 6th August 1866. 
Breakfasted at 7 a.m., and about 8 left by drag for Glen 
Callater. Went to the gamekeeper’s house (Michie), then 
examined the glen, beginning with rocks on the left side of the 
glen immediately at the south end of Loch Callater, and then 
walked round all the rocks in the glen and in Glen Kandor, 
returning to the gamekeeper’s house about 5, where we met the 
drag and returned to inn about 6 p.m. The day was very wet, 
and we were all thoroughly drenched. 
_ We gathered many good plants. Among others :— 
Silene acaulis Salix Lapponum 
Rubus saxatilis »  Myrsinites 
Chamzemorus »  herbacea 
Sibbaldia procumbens » reticulata 
Saxifraga oppositifolia Habenaria viridis 
J hypnoides Tofieldia palustris 
Epilobium angustifolium Juncus trifidus 
. alsinifolium »  triglumis 
i alpinum Carex rupestris 
Gnaphalium supinum »  Tigida 
Saussurea alpina »  vaginata 
Azalea procumbens »  capillaris 
Pyrola media Cryptogramme crispa 
Veronica humifusa Asplenium viride 
9 alpina Polypodium alpestre 
Salix arbutifolia Polystichum Lonchitis 
Mr. Banley joined the party to-day. He arrived by coach 
from Ballater. 
Tuesday, 7th August 1866. 
The day was very wet and unpromising. Party, consisting of 
Dr. Balfour ard Messrs. Fraser, Coore and Dixon, proceeded to 
the Falls of Corriemulzie and to the Linn of Dee, and returned 
by Mr. Gray Clark’s Allanagavit, crossing the Dee in his boat. 
