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tide and with a westerly wind, we sail out of Anstruther harbour for the 
Isle of May. 
Lindores Loch is situated 2 miles south-east from Newburgh, amidst 
a beautifully wooded and agricultural country, where hill and dale follow 
one another in quick succession. The loch is about J mile long and 
J mile broad, its surface being 222 feet above sea level. Its water, which 
has a maximum depth of 10 feet, is not peaty, but turbid and dead-looking. 
In many places there is deep, black, fetid mud upon which submersed aquatic 
plants do not seem to flourish well. In several places, but particularly at 
the north-west and south-east ends, as well as on the east side, there are 
large associations of marsh plants. At other places there is a narrow strip 
of stony or sandy-muddy shore merging into meadow-land. Such shores 
are usually more or less overgrown with Juncus acutiflorus; this is 
particularly the case on the west side. Along a considerable portion of the 
east side runs the public road from Newburgh to Kirkcaldy. This is shut 
off* from the loch by a wall which usually enters the water, and no marsh 
plants occur there. At other places on the east side there is a stony or 
sandy shore similar to that of the west side, but usually with less 
vegetation. In the middle of the loch there is an island formed by a 
muddy flat, and densely overgrown with Phragmites communis. Many 
submersed plants have a deposit of lime upon their leaves and stems, 
and, as is commonly the case with lochs of this nature, filamentous Algae, 
particularly Cladophora flavescens, abound. The striking features of the 
vegetation of this loch are the large quantities of the following plants : — 
Typha angustifolia, Glyceria aquatica, Scirpus lacustris, Phragmites 
communis, Phalaris arundinacea, Polygonum amphibium, Nymphaea lutea, 
Ranunculus circinatus, R. peltatus, and Myriophyllum alterniflorum. 
At the south-east end Nymphaea lutea and Polygonum amphibium 
cover the surface of the water. Nearer the land there are associations of the 
following : — Glyceria aquatica, Typha angustifolia, Phragmites communis, 
Iris Pseud-acorus, Heleocharis palustris, Equisetum limosum, and Carex 
rostrata. Between these associations, and mixed with them, are the 
following : — Littorella lacustris, Potamogeton natans, Sparganium simplex, 
Menyanthes trifoliata, Mentha sativa, Alisma Plantago, Caltha palustris, 
Radicula officinalis, Ranunculus Flammula, Carex disticha, Hydrocotyle 
vulgaris, Hypnum cuspidatum, etc. Upon the west side, skirting the shore, 
there are associations of Glyceria aquatica, Scirpus lacustris, and Polygonum 
amphibium, besides a number of other plants in less abundance. From the 
middle of the east shore a flat peninsula juts out into the loch. This is 
considerably overgrown with Typha angustifolia (fig. 85), Heleocharis 
