Io6 A RAMBLE UP BURNHOPE. 



but I greatly admire its shades of olive green. Then the 

 Sphagnums are always interesting, although I would not 

 pretend to name them with certainty. Some in closely set 

 compact cushions of a pale greenish white and pink with 

 pointed toothed leaves, probably one of the numerous varieties 

 of S. aaitifolmm, Ehr. How beautiful were their starry 

 rosettes ! And how wonderful the arrangement of their cells 

 even under the pocket lens ! Another of sturdier habit, with 

 hood-shaped leaves, I took to be S. cymbifolium, Ehr. There 

 were others, possibly varieties or different species, which it 

 would take an expert to determine. I put a few specimens in 

 butter-paper, and, like the stones in Jordan, " there they are 

 unto this day." But that is the beauty of mosses. You can 

 treat them with almost any amount of neglect, but soak them 

 in water for a few minutes and they are all right again, and 

 in good condition for examination. 



But mosses and flies occupied a secondary place with me 

 that day. They only received cursory attention, the great 

 fault was the attraction. And as there was some time to 

 spare, and the map showed two other places on the northern 

 trend of the fault where the disturbed strata were visible, and 

 which might be visited by a detour on the way back, I 

 determined to examine them. So retracing my steps down 

 the burn, I took another look at the disturbed rocks, and 

 carrying my eye away towards the next point for examination 

 I got an idea of the lie of the fault. Arrived at Burnhope, I 

 turned up the main road past the little Primitive Chapel, and 

 on until I reached the place where the Black Cleugh runs 

 below the road on the Four-fathom Limestone. Turning up 

 the little stream I came to a small farmhouse, and was 

 furiously assailed by a collie dog, whose owner soon came to 

 my rescue. I found him to be an intelligent man taking a 

 considerable interest in the local rocks, who, when he knew 

 my errand, willingly acted as my guide. Here I found the 

 same evidence of disturbance as in Burnhope. Soon a lime- 

 stone appeared dipping at a considerable angle. Instead of 

 showing the massive thickness of the Great Limestone, which 



