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under which he succumbed. After lying for some time in a state 
of collapse 1 he was accidentally found by some friends, who 
carried him to Mr. Turner’s, where violent fever supervened, 
followed by a tedious illness. On recovery he started with 
Mr. and Mrs. Turner on a botanical tour in Scotland. Their 
route was, first, Croft in Yorkshire, visiting the Rev. James 
Dalton, F.L.S., the discoverer of the Scheuzeria in England, 
after whom the moss Daltonia is named ; then Carlisle, Brank- 
some, Melrose, Edinburgh, the Falls of Clyde, Glasgow, 
Dumbarton, Luss, Ben Lomond — ascended in cloud and rain, 
guided by the Rev. Dr. Stuart, of Luss, an excellent botanist, 
a friend of Lightfoot, and the translator of the New Testament 
in Gaelic. Thence they proceeded to Inverary, Loch Awe, 
Oban, Mull, Ulva, Staffa, Fort William, ascending Ben Nevis 
in terrible weather, Fort Augustus, Elgin, visiting Mr. Brodie 
of Brodie, F.R.S., the discoverer of Moneses and other rare 
plants in Scotland. Thence to Loch Tay, ascending Ben 
Lawers twice, Killin, ascending Ben Cruachan, Craighalliach 
and Ben More, Stirling, Edinburgh, and Newcastle, visiting 
Mr. J. Winch, F.L.S., author of the ‘ Geographical Distribution 
of Northumbrian Plants,’ and Mr. J. Thornhill, of Gateshead, 
a good local botanist ; thence to Darlington on a visit to 
Mr. Backhouse, banker, who showed them Cypripedium 
Calceolus , and so back to Yarmouth. 
In 1808 my father undertook a much longer journey in 
Scotland, accompanied by his friend Mr. Borrer 2 . On this 
occasion he reascended Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond, Ben Crua- 
chan, and Ben Nevis, and for the first time Shichallion, Ben 
Hope, and Ben Loyal. After visiting Mr. Brodie of Brodie, 
they went to Caithness and the Orkneys, returning to 
Sutherland. In a letter to Mr. Turner he thus describes 
their reception in Sutherland : ‘ We did not leave North 
Sutherland with the good wishes of the inhabitants, at least 
1 The symptoms, as described in a letter from Turner to Borrer, were dreadful 
giddiness, pain about the navel, shivering, drowsiness, vomiting, purging, and 
exhaustion. 
2 William Borrer, Esq., of Henfield, Sussex, F.R.S., F.L.S., died 1862, aged 
81 ; the Nestor of British botanists. 
