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also that those who wish for a more complete account will find it in 
a book, entitled “ Delvine and the Romans,” by Sir Alexander Muir 
Mackenzie, which is just on the eve of publication.* The party then 
walked along the Inch to the Fort, getting on the way a good idea of 
the singular nature of the Inch, or peninsula (formerly an island), on 
which they were treading, and which is about 60 feet above the 
encircling plain. At the Fort they saw the five ramparts, with their 
ditches, which encircle the whole, and also the foundation of an 
ancient Pictish house, which had been laid bare by excavation. 
After the President had returned thanks to Sir Alexander for his 
kindness, the party dispersed, each section returning to Perth by the 
same method as that by which it had come. 
2. June 2i, to the Banks of the Earn, from St. Fillans to Comrie, 
conducted by myself. This was the first visit which the Society 
had paid to this district since the opening of the railway to 
St. Fillans. The views of the Earn Valley from the train between 
Crieff and St. Fillans were much admired. Several interesting cut¬ 
tings were also observed through the sandstone, conglomerate, 
volcanic rocks, and schists. On arriving at St. Fillans, the first point 
visited was the east end of Loch Earn, where several interesting 
plants were observed in the marshy ground near the source of the 
Earn. Amongst these was Carex vesicaria, Lin., a rather local sedge. 
The party then walked dowrn the banks of the river, first on the 
south side, and afterwards on the north side, as far as Comrie. Several 
interesting plants were observed, including Polygonum Bistorta , Lin., 
which was found naturalised on the banks of the river at two places. 
The woods were blue with the wild hyacinth, and Geranium sylva- 
ticum , Lin., and other wild flowers of the season were in full glory. 
The Cryptogamic members were rewarded by the find of a bright 
golden-coloured fungus, Mitrula paludosa , Fr., which was growing on 
dead leaves on a moist bank. 
The day was particularly fine, and after a delightful ramble, the 
party had tea together at Comrie before returning by train to Perth 
in the evening. 
3. July 6, to Creag-na Caillich, Killin, conducted by Mr. P. 
Macnair, of the Glasgow Museums. Arriving at Loch Tay about 
eleven o’clock in the morning, the party proceeded, in the first 
instance, to examine the fine section of the Loch Tay limestone, and 
its associated hornblende schists, exposed in the neighbourhood of 
Finlarig. The particularly interesting section of the Loch Tay lime¬ 
stone exposed on the high road between Killin and Kenmore, and 
described in Mr. Macnair’s paper in the Transactions ,t was also 
examined. After this, a start was made for the summit of Creag-na- 
Caillich, the various schist zones w T hich enter into the geological 
structure of the mountain being noted in the course of the ascent. 
The summit of the mountain was reached about three o’clock. As 
* This book has since been published, and a copy has been presented to the 
Society’s library. 
t See Trans., p. 155. 
