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comfortable, I made arrangements to pass several of the weeks 

 of 1920 there. I should mention that Inchnadamph was a place 

 of sojourn of my predecessor, Mr. Hanbury. 



Unfortunately the beautiful flora hardly materialised. It is 

 true there were a few very local plants, including Saxifraga azoides 

 and Dry as octopetala, which made a brave show, but the whole 

 district was too bleak and destitute of wood and too wind-swept to 

 harbour a numerous insect fauna, and although I did turn up a 

 few interesting species, and passed a most pleasant time at the 

 very comfortable hotel, the result of my visit, extending from 

 June 20th to July 16th, was hardly satisfactory from the point 

 of view of species or specimens procured. Fortunately, after my 

 stay at Inchnadamph I spent a few days at the village of Loch- 

 inver, on the west coast, and what I saw there induced me to 

 return this year. After securing apartments in a private house, 

 and accompanied by my friend, the late Mr. F. G. Whittle. I 

 reached Lochinver on June 18th last and stayed there until 

 July 26th ; Mr. Whittle remained until September 6th. The 

 results of his observations during the period of my stay, also 

 those which he made after my departure, and a list of the species 

 of Tineina met with by him at Lochinver, are also included in 

 this paper. 



To reach Assynt one takes the train to Invershin in East 

 Sutherland ; from this station there are, daily, comfortable cars 

 traversing the forty-five miles to Lochinver in about four hours, 

 at a cost of sixteen shillings. The ride, perhaps unique in Britain 

 for its wild, desolate grandeur, reaches its climax at the lower end 

 of Loch Assynt. On the right of the road the precipitous cliffs 

 of Quinag tower up, whilst the road runs along the shores of the 

 beautiful lake on the left. At the head of the loch the shores 

 are bleak and sterile, but gradually they begin to be clothed 

 with fine old birch and rowan trees, and clumps of naturally 

 planted Scotch fir. I do not know a more beautiful Scotch scene 

 than the lower end of this charming lake. 



The outgo of the loch is by the rapid and beautiful river Inver, 

 some eight miles long, which empties into the head of a fjord or sea 

 loch penetrating inside the general coast line about three miles. 

 At the edge of this fjord the village of Lochinver is situated. 



On the south side of the inlet stands what was formerly a 

 seaside house of the Dukes of Sutherland, but is now known as 

 the Culag Hotel, exceedingly comfortable and well appointed, 

 but distinctly expensive. 



Around this house the hillsides have been planted extensively 

 with many kinds of trees, now of good size, and including larch, 

 spruce, Scotch fir, ash, beech, birch and rowan. On the north side 

 of the inlet there is a certain amount of natural wood, mostly 

 birch, sallow and aspen, and a number of small flowery crofters' 

 meadows. 



