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JOURNEY TO BORGAFIORD. 
northern side brought to my view the lofty top 
of Skoul-a-fiel, with its pointed summits, looking 
as if it took its rise from the very edge of the pre¬ 
cipice. At length my further progress was stop¬ 
ped, by the rocks closing in so much as to leave 
room for nothing at their base but the narrow and 
furious course of the river. It was near this spot 
thatd found both Fontinalis squamosa and jcil- 
cata full of capsules, in a deep pool among the 
rocks, and mixed with them was also Rivularia 
angulosa in some plenty. The rocks in a steep 
ascent, which I climbed in order to reach the top 
of the chasm, produced an Epilobium which was 
not yet in blossom, but appeared, from its broad 
and glaucous leaves, to be undoubtedly new to me, 
Veronica fruticulosa was here in full flower, and 
some unknown Sallees , likewise, rewarded my 
morning’s excursion. Fearing lest I should not 
have sufficient time to ascend Skoul-a-fiel, if I 
proceeded any further in the same direction, I re¬ 
turned to the tents, and, after a hasty breakfast, 
set off on horseback with Jacob, on our way to 
the mountain. We forded the river, and after¬ 
wards climbed a steep but grassy hill, whose 
swampy summit afforded me some fine specimens 
of the rare Splachnum vasculosum. On descend¬ 
ing by the opposite side, and crossing another 
stream, we came to the base of the mountain, the 
steep and rocky sides of which we climbed in a 
