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Bidh sibh sg矛th dhen ainm 鈥楽eumas MacDhonnchaidh鈥�. Bha mi ag ainmeachadh ministear dhen ainm sin anns na c貌ig Litrichean mu dheireadh. B鈥� esan an t-Urramach Seumas MacDhonnchaidh. Nise, tha mi a鈥� dol a dh鈥檃inmeachadh 鈥楽eumas MacDhonnchaidh鈥� eile an-diugh. Bha am fear seo na lus-e貌laiche.

Bha e be貌 anns an ochdamh linn deug. Bha e ag obair anns an Lios Luibheach R矛oghail ann an D霉n 脠ideann. Bha e fo sti霉ir 脌rd-ollamh an Lus-e貌lais ann an Oilthigh Dh霉n 脠ideann, Iain Hope.

Rinn Seumas t貌rr rannsachaidh air lusan na G脿idhealtachd. Ann an seachd ceud deug, seasgad 始s a h-ochd (1768), dh鈥檉h脿g e D霉n 脠ideann anns a鈥� Ch猫itean. Chaidh e a Shiorrachd Lannraig, Siorrachd 脌ir agus Siorrachd Bhaile na h-脵ige. Chaidh e a dh鈥橝rainn, a dh鈥橢ilean Bh貌id, agus an uair sin a dh鈥橧nbhir Aora. An d猫idh sin, chaidh e a Mhuile agus don Eilean Sgitheanach. Thill e dhachaigh a Dh霉n 脠ideann anns an D脿mhair.

Rinn e obair mh貌r air na lusan ann am B貌d. Lorg e c貌rr is tr矛 cheud gn猫 lusa a tha fhathast a鈥� f脿s ann. Ach tha timcheall air ceathrad gn猫 air an liosta aige nach robh air a chl脿radh bhon uair sin. Mar eisimpleir 鈥� garbhag an t-sl猫ibhe no am fir-clubmoss. Bha e gu math ainmeil am measg nan G脿idheal mar lus-d矛on.

Shreap Seumas gu mullach iomadh beinn air a鈥� Gh脿idhealtachd. Thathar ag aithris gum b鈥� esan a鈥� chiad duine riamh a r脿inig cuid de na mullaichean. Ach tha sin a鈥� cur an d脿rna taobh na G脿idheil a chaidh gu mullaichean gun a bhith a鈥� sgr矛obhadh no a鈥� b貌stadh mu dheidhinn!聽

Bha Seumas thall thairis cuideachd. Rinn e rannsachadh air lusan ann an S矛ona agus na h-Innseachan, ann an Afraga a Deas agus ann an St Helena. A bharrachd air a bhith sgileil mar lus-e貌laiche, bha e math air dealbhan de lusan a dh猫anamh. Tha co-dhi霉 aon dealbh aige anns an leabhar ainmeil Flora Scotica le Lightfoot. Nochd sin ann an cl貌 ann an seachd ceud deug, seachdad 始s a seachd (1777).

Agus sgr矛obh MacDhonnchaidh notaichean mu na daoine air a鈥� Gh脿idhealtachd agus an d貌igh-beatha. Bheir sinn s霉il orra an-ath-sheachdain.

You鈥檒l be tired of the name 鈥楯ames Robertson鈥�. I was mentioning a minister with that name in the last five Litrichean. He was the Rev. James Robertson. Now, I鈥檓 going to mention another 鈥楯ames Robertson鈥� today. This man was a botanist.

He was alive in the eighteenth century. He was working in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. He was under the guidance of the Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh, John Hope.

James did a lot of research on the plants of the Highlands. In 1768, he left Edinburgh in May. He went to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Wigtownshire. He went to Arran, to Bute and then to Inveraray. After that, he went to Mull and to Skye. He returned home to Edinburgh in October.

He did a lot of work on the plants in Bute. He found more than three hundred species of plant that still grow there today. But there around forty on his list that were not recorded since then. For example 鈥� 鈥榯he little rough one of the moor鈥� or fir-clubmoss. It was famous among the Gaels as a protective plant.

James climbed to the summit of many mountains in the Highlands. It is reported that he was the first person ever to reach [who reached] some of the summits. But that ignores the Gaels that summited without writing or boasting about it!

James was also overseas. He did research on plants in China and India, in South Africa and St Helena. In addition to being skilful as a botanist, he was good at doing pictures of plants. He has at least one picture in the famous book Flora Scotica by Lightfoot. That appeared in print in 1777.

And Robertson wrote notes about the people in the Highlands and their way of life. We鈥檒l look at them next week.