University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Letters to Sir Charles Lyell from George Buist, including a map. Discusses Buist's own research on geological formation of soil and mud near sea shore and lakes. The earlier letters are about geography in Scotland and latter about India and Egypt. Lyell summarise these letters as: 1) 'Angus raised beaches': letter about Buist’s paper and research on the formation of beach shore 2) 'a Geology of Egypt Mud of the Nile' 3) 'Red Sea Section' 4) 'on laterite': a brief...