PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 433 
from him information as to the country. Mr. Macculloch had 
been a pupil at the High School of Edinburgh under Dr. Carson 
along with Dr. Balfour. 
Wednesday, 5th August 1868. 
Breakfasted at 7 and started at 8 by omnibus for Glen Farn, 
passing Ardwell, where Mr. Macculloch joined the party in his 
two-horse drag, and accompanied them. Anwoth was passed, 
the parish of Rutherford. There is a monument on the top 
of a hill to the old divine who, after being minister of this parish, 
was promoted to St. Andrews. 
From Glen Farn ascended the hill called Cairn Hanna (?), 1497 
feet above the level of the sea. Very few plants were gathered, 
none of an alpine character :— 
Ranunculus Flammula, var. | Centaurea nigra 
Polygala vulgaris (radiate form) 
oxyptera Vaccinium Oxycoccus 
Parnassia palustris Anagallis tenella 
Drosera rotundifolia Menyanthes trifoliata 
Hippuris vulgaris Empetrum nigrum 
Carum verticillatum Lastrea dilatata, var. mon- 
tana 
The dry weather had withered the grass, and there was little 
vegetation on the upper portion of the hill. ‘On the top there 
were some deep mud ponds, in one of which four sheep were 
found immersed. From the top of the hill the party descended 
to the Shean, which passes through a wooded ravine to Kirkdale 
as far as the shore of Wigton Bay. 
In the glen Polystichum angulare was gathered, and on rocks 
not far from Ravenshall Crithmum maritimum. In Kirkdale 
Glen there was abundance of ordinary ferns, also Hypericum 
Androsemum, H. maculatum, a variety of H. dubtum, Viburnum 
Opulus, Stachys Betonica. 
Walked by the shore by Dirk Hatteraick’s Cave and Ravens- 
hall Point, near which the party bathed. We proceeded to 
Kirkclaugh, the residence of Mr. Alex. Macculloch, where we 
lunched. Thence we proceeded, accompanied by Mr. Walter 
Macculloch, along the shore to Ardwell. 
