JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 1 73 



SOME CONCHOLOGICAL 

 NOTES OF A VISIT TO FIFESHIRE, N.B. 



By THOMAS SCOTT. 



(Read before the Conchological Society). 



About the end of July last year I spent part of a short 

 holiday in Fifeshire, and while in 'Ye Kingdom' several notable 

 and interesting places were visited, — but there are few places in 

 Fifeshire which are not either notable or interesting, — and 

 among others a few hours were passed at the side of Lindores' 

 Loch. 



This Loch is easily reached from Newburgh-on-Tay where 

 there is a station of the North British Railway, though, in the 

 present instance, I did not take advantage of this mode of 

 locomotion. 



Lindores' Loch as a famous rendezvous of the votaries of 

 the Roaring Game, otherwise curlers, is known far and wide, and 

 many an exciting and busy scene has been witnessed on its 

 surface, when 'John Frost' had hardened it into a firm and 

 crystalline pavement ; and, though, in the eyes of the curler this 

 may be its most interesting aspect, and, though, the animated 

 and stirring scenes witnessed under such conditions cannot but 

 be interesting even to the uninitiated, the beauty of this beautiful 

 loch is best seen and appreciated by the naturalist on a clear 

 sunny day in midsummer ; then its surface is ornamented with 

 numerous Water Lilies, Polygonums, Ranunculi, and other 

 aquatic plants, round its margin rise tall grasses and sedges, 

 while over its limpid surface snowy swans move in deliberate 

 and stately dignity, the whole forming, when seen under favour- 

 able conditions, a picture of exquisite loveliness ; and at such 



