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the leader, gave an interesting account of the camp, which 

 stands more than 1000 feet above the level of the sea. It 

 dates from the beginning of the Christian era, and is in a 

 remarkable state of preservation, having three well-defined 

 ditches and two entrances. The party afterwards walked 

 through the pine forest to Portmore Loch, at the base of the 

 hill. The loch is two miles in circumference, and abounds 

 with pike, eels, and perch. It gives rise to the water of 

 South Esk, which joins the North Esk in the grounds of 

 Dalkeith Palace. Mrs Eobertson entertained the ladies to 

 afternoon tea in her summer-house by the side of the loch. 

 On the shore were found Veronica scutellata, Sparganmm 

 ramosum, Stellaria uliginosa, Myosotis sylvatica, and in the 

 woods Aconitum napelhts, Conium maculatum, and Aquilegia 

 columharia. After a vote of thanks to Mr and Mrs Eobertson, 

 who accompanied the members from the house to the loch, the 

 party returned to Eddleston to tea. 



A botanical excursion took place the next week to North 

 Queensferry and St Davids. A large company turned out, 

 and, under the leadership of Mr Eupert Smith, the Ferryhills, 

 Inverkeithing Bay, and St Davids were searched. On the 

 Ferryhills were found Daucus carota, Beseda Luteola, Trifolium 

 jprocumhens, Conium maculatum, Fimpinella saxifraga, Spircea 

 filipenclula in great abundance both here and on the hills 

 between Crookness and St Davids, Trifolium striatum, 

 Thalictrum minus, T. flexuosum, (Enanthe crocata, &c. In 

 Inverkeithing Bay were got Triglochin maritimum, T. palustre, 

 Lepigonum marinum, Aster tripolium, Sambucus Ehulus, 

 Saponaria officinalis, &c. ; and at St Davids, Diplotaxis tenui- 

 folia, Mercurialis annua, Lepidium virginicuin, Potentilla rep- 

 tans, and Pastinaca sativa. The members attempted too much 

 in the short space of time they had in hand, and in conse- 

 quence many good plants growing in the immediate vicinity 

 of Inverkeithing and St Davids were missed. 



The last of the summer excursions was to Glencorse and 

 district. Mr Cleland gave an account of the old parish 

 church of Glencorse, and here the party were joined by some 

 local botanists, — Mr M'Call, a member of the Society, accom- 

 panying them. The rocks on the sides of the valley through 



