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is much modified by the adjacent heath. There are no ferns in 

 it worth noticing, and much Calluna and Crowberry [Empetrum). 

 A growthy natural birch wood enlivens the lower portion ; and 

 there are small birches, and sprinklings of hazel or mountain- 

 ash almost to the upper terminus, near which the great Sallow 

 (Salix caprea) becomes prevalent. The lower part is full of 

 primroses on the southern bank. On the oozy spots are great 

 plots of Marchantia polymorphs, which is plentiful also in all the 

 other glens. M. conica grows only on the shady rock faces 

 where it is nourished by the spray of the waterfall or by trick- 

 ling moisture, and is scarce hereabouts. Dicranum squarrosum 

 of a delicate pale green, abounds in all the moist spots among 

 the upper parts of these glens. In the spaces occupied by sheets 

 of moss ; Hypnum commutatum, Bartramia fontana, B. calcarea, 

 and Bryum pseudo-triquetrum preferred the moister portions ; 

 while on the drier the sorts were chiefly, Hypnum striatum, H. 

 lutescens, H squarrosum, and H. loreum. Weissia controversa and 

 a patch of Dicranum pellucidum were in fruit. Polytrichum juni- 

 per inum was fruiting also. Dicranum majus grew on the dry 

 rocks among trees. Peltidea canina spread extensively. Asper- 

 ula odorata was noticeable. Ranunculus acris was still in flower. 

 Half-way up there grew a large form of Carex muricata, and near 

 the head, Carex linervis shewed itself. Here Vicia Sepium takes 

 the place of V. sylvatica, which is not absent in any of the 

 remaining glens. I have noticed a similar circumstance in the 

 dry Kidland glens in proximity to heather. The mountain ashes 

 are numerous near the top, sheltered between two high banks. 

 Here the blackbirds had associated, Oct. 6th, to feast upon the 

 rowan berries. They had been rifling the bushes all the way 

 up, as appeared by the berries they had dropped. The crow- 

 berry had still well-tasted fruit. The glen here had a deeply 

 gashed offset, with birch bushes on the high eastern bank's 

 summit. After skirting a little birchen grove and a few scattered 

 sallows, the main ravine rose upwards between deep heathery or 

 scaury sides to a deep crib. It is not easy scrambling out of it, 

 the footing of sliding gravel being very insecure. This ravine 

 almost cuts the hill ridge not far from the " Chapman's Grave." 

 It is a pretty glen to look down into from the top, from the long 

 line of green birches that mark its windings in the summer-time. 

 Hypnum fluiians is abundant in the hollows of the heath on the 

 summit of the main hill ridge above. 



