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vengeance we exclaim, and springing to our feet are 
glad to find that we, too, are not frozen to the ground. 
We now begin the descent of the corrie, botanizing 
as we go. In marshy ground we find the Junca 
triglumis, and on drier ground four species of club- 
moss, (Lycopodium clavatum, Selago Selaginoides^ 
and dfpinum.) Then in the peathags the little cloud¬ 
berry, (Ruhus cliani(zmorusJ, with its fruit like an 
orange coloured bramble. Several other berry bearing 
plants also turned up, the two bearberries, (Artyosta- 
phylus alpina and Uva-ursi), the lesser whortle berry 
or cowberry, (which Sir Walter 
Scott, translating the scientific name, has poetically 
called the “ Idgean vine,” the blaeberry, fV. 
myrtillus), and the crowberry, (Empetrum nigrum). 
Some insects, too, now ask for notice, and among 
some moths that are flying commonly along the burn 
side we catch a few nice dark varieties of Cidaria 
populata. The next to turn up is Pamplusia montU 
colana^ a little moth that we had only once met with 
before—beside the dark waters of Loch Ericht; so 
taking a few specimens we hurry on, and about sun¬ 
set are again standing beside beautiful Loch Affaric. 
A rapid drive soon brought us home, and then being 
able to consult our books we make out the unknown 
rush-like plant to hQ Luzula arcuata^ hitherto only 
found on the Cairngorm mountains and in Sutherland. 
And so ended our excursion to Mamsoul and Loch-an- 
Ouan. 
Dr Buchanan White illustrated his paper by nume¬ 
rous photographs of the scenery of Strathglass, and 
with dried specimens of several of the plants referred 
to, which specimens he presented to the Society’s 
herbarium. 
Mr John Stewart read a paper on the 
Reptilta of Perthshire. 
After referring at some length to the many fabu¬ 
lous tales which existed to the prejudice of these 
animals in ancient times, and to the prevailing igno¬ 
rance of their habits at the present day, he said 
the ReptiUa are divided into four orders-—1st, 
Chelonia ; 2nd, Sauria; 3rd, OpMdia ; and 4th, 
