Notebook No.5, July 1827 - August 1827

The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have been expanded using brackets []. When writing is unclear, and transcription is not possible, this is denoted using [...]. Quotation marks are Lyell's own notation for ditto, as is the abbreviation "d'o". The inclusion of [sic] indicates the misspelling of a word is deliberate and taken from the notebook.

p. 1, Lulworth Cove. shattered shells. Babb[age]
p. 1, Things prejudicial to geol[ogica]l reasoning
p. 2, Earthquake like Spartan arrow
p. 2, Amber. L[ord] Bacon. Insects preserved
p. 2, Marine fish in saltwater L[or]d B[acon]
p. 3, Rain-bow why sweet
p. 3, Spring. dissolve rocks
p. 3, Ebbing + flowing well [Cheswick]
p. 4, Books most immoral most thumbed, Paris
p. 4, Section of [Davies’] well. Bored. E. Acton
p. 4, Boring remarks. Expence [sic]
p. 7, Fire [from] sea. Ed[s?] Balfour
p. 7, Fire from Whales Cardigan Sir T. Phil[osophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
p. 7, Wolves turn to dogs
p. 7, Legendum Mignet’s Hist[oire] de la Rev[olution] Fran[caise]
p. 7, Contortions of the Sybil
p. 8 Gibbon “Then is me God and Mahamoet”
p. 8, Marine form[ation]s more active than ever
p. 9, Oysters in Pl[iocene] clay n[ea]r Winchester
p. 9, Valleys in chalk dry
p. 9, Low interest good because it implies many rich [appears interlined on line above]
p. 10, Briefs not deliv[ere]d till bill found
p. 11, Why etiquette that council sh[oul]d not see client When they do
p. 11, Refereeship of Att[orne]y binds his client
p. 12, Expence [sic] of suit is chiefly witnesses
p. 12, This aggra[vate]d by ignorance of Att[orn]ies
p. 13, Sh[oul]d barristers be so distinct from att[orn]ies
p. 13, Responsibilitys [sic] of att[orn]ies. Reformed
p. 14, Att[orn]ies get up the brief [et cetera]
p. 14, Crossing youth too much
p. 15, As dates deriv[e]d from dialects so in geol[og]y etc
p. 15, Commiss[io]n of [...] get business why
p. 15, Att[orn]ies refereeship
p. 16, Taxing costs
p. 16, Att[orn]ies bills why exorbitant
p. 16, Chalk rubble deluvium Winchester
p. 18, Hertfordsh[ire] puddingst[one] Winchester
p. 19, Council W. circuit in order of precedence
p. 21, [Wash] stone of Hursley Park ploughed furrows
p. 21, [Ditto] Roman camps [et cetera]
p. 22, Winchester Cathedral stone
p. 23, Quadrupeds not in Monat
p. 23, Fisherton linger clay & sections
p. 24, [Πελαγιζειν?] Herod[otus]
p. 25, Talus in Switzerland
p. 25, Prisoners (criminal) say “moriendus inulte"
p. 25, Att[orn]ies do not [share] for Prisoners incrim[ination]
p. 26, Salisbury Diluvium
p. 26, Stewardship of ecclesias[tica]l manors
p. 27, Proverb
p. 27, Buffaloes in Pontine marshes
p. 28, Horse falling over cliff
p. 28, Barton fossils 200 in Miss S’s coll[ection] [reference to a Miss Salisbury]
p. 28, Cyclostoma freshw[ate]r in Lond[o]n clay
p. 28, Dentalia modern Eng[lish]
p. 28, Encrinus + species in chalk
p. 28, Crustacea Pappenheim
p. 28, Buffonite [sic] and fishes teeth Newbury
p. 28, Sepias tooth why frequent
p. 29, Sect[io]n of chalk breccia W[es]t Sarum
p. 30, Digestible things disapp[ea]r theory
p. 30, Election tyranny Ejectments etc
p. 31, Corporations mischievous now. Why
p. 31, Elections sh[oul]d last only 3 days as [horw]
p. 31, Diluvium difficulties due to evelat[ion]n
p. 32, Earthquakes elevate when rocking
p. 32, Fossil air bladder in fish
p. 33, Insects in amber
p. 33, Pool Harbour double tide
p. 33, Pool Harbour shifting bar of sand 2 miles ½
p. 33, Oysters bored by shells
p. 34, Earthquake at Lisbon
p. 34, Storm of Nov[ember] 1824 at Pool
p. 34, Wareham once sea. anchor
p. 34, View of Old Harry rocks
p. 35, Waste of chalk between wind and water
p. 35, [Waste of chalk] stone waste formed
p. 36, Chalk at E[ast] side Purbeck
p. 36, Sand of Swaneage Bay [sic] countless layers
p. 37, Geol[ogica]l prejudices Purbeck stone [underlined] small
p. 37, Veget[abl]e matter now buried will change
p. 37, Geodes subseq[uen]t crystallisation
p. 37, Section Swanage Luckf[ord] limest[one]
p. 38, 20 distinct layers in an inch of sandst[one]
p. 38, Errors as to Time lead us astray every way
p. 38, Colour of beds. Calybeates [sic]
p. 39, Swanage N[orth] sect[io]n inferio]r to Culver firest[one]
p. 39, [Swanage] green sand contains much white
p. 39, Entomology in low hands
p. 40, [Entomology] better than many idle hobbies
p. 40, [Pens] & Buggs. Q[uarterly]. R[review].
p. 42, Purbeck beds shale might form slate
p. 42, Purbeck beds most of whole thickness useless
p. 42, Fish in Purbeck beds in part where water
p. 43, Pens and Buggs
p. 47, Durlston P[oin]t beds like Binstead stone
p. 47, [Durlston Point] beds prove very slow depos[itio]n countless shells
p. 48, Gyps[um] of Paris why contains no shells
p. 48, Purbeck – shell beds between indurated
p. 48, Soft marl like Forfar between stone etc
p. 48, [Infiltration] not the indurating cause
p. 48-49, Weathering exposes fossil concealed
p. 49, Waste of cliff by allunate shales
p. 49, Petrication tufac[eous] of fern modern
p. 50, Megalosaurus bones from Hast[ings] beds
p. 50, Waste of cliffs
p. 51, Lamarck’s theory.. change of species
p. 53, Human rem[ain]s proof of their absence
p. 53, Kimmeridge slate planes, like and old
p. 53, Kimmeridge org[ani]c remains becoming evanesc[en]t
p. 53, Rivers channels longer than they where [sic]
p. 54, Kimmeridge bed describe[e]d
p. 54, Waste of cliffs
p. 55, Why inclined beds produce inequalities
p. 55, Lulworth cove section
p. 56, Sheppard dog hereditary instinct
p. 56, Animals fall over cliffs sea and river
p. 57, Shifting dunes bury quadrupeds
p. 57, Stonesfield opossum how last
p. 57, Crag formation not yet over
p. 57, Crag formation why quadrupeds in it[ing]
p. 58, Kings new Holl[an]d lizard diff[eren]t as Plesios[aurus]? [sic Plesiosaurus]
p. 58, Relative importance of fossils - table
p. 59, Oolitic structure whence denuded
p. 59, Oolitic structure less extended than is thought
p. 60, Earthquakes raise most when least they dislocate
p. 61, Insects cruelty to. thawed and frozen
p. 61, Curtis connect[io]n of Entomology & bot[an]y
p. 61, Barristers identified with their case
p. 61, Hereditary ideas in dogs
p. 61, Val de Bagnes
p. 61, Chalk flint gravel on Bagsh[o]t sand
p. 62, Preface to Frayssinous
p. 62, Bulletin des Sciences on ambiguity of globe etc
p. 63, [Bulletin des Sciences] on temperature [of globe etc]
p. 63, We compare our own against all former times
p. 63, New [Holland] animals not quite [underlined] peculiar
p. 63, Were unknown shells once in deep [underlined] ocean?
p. 64, Mastodon found perfect in a marsh N[orth] Am[erica]
p. 64, Prandis address
p. 66, Interpretation of scripture accord[ing] to facts
p. 66, Ammonites Southerlandie [sic Sutherland]. human skull
p. 66, Cypris
p. 67, Conglom[erate] not marl at foot of Grampians
p. 67, Organic remains depend not on what beds rest
p. 68, Chalk flints on Bags[ho]t sand
p. 68, Hereditary instinct
p. 68, Curtis q[uer]y as to same spec[ies] chang[in]g instinct
p. 69, Evergreens only keep leaves 2 summers
p. 69, Queries - insects number - plants etc
p. 70, Trouts gorge trout [refers to Monte Balca] p. 76 and
p. 70, Q[uer]y bones of otter in marl?
p. 70, Delta of Ganges. buffalo. tiger
p. 70, [Delta of Ganges] floating isles of wood. Sand bank[s?]
p. 71, Conglom[erate]s, volcanic d[itt]o
p. 71, No tide at St Helena or in mid ocean
p. 71, Why more wood in tropical sea
p. 72, Red sea fills fast Moco harbour destr[oye]d
p. 72, Palms long lived
p. 72, Basalt in Forth wastes not between high and low water
p. 72, Alligators in Sea opposite Ganges and Java
p. 73, Furrow[e]d sand beach Leith
p. 74, Oyster bed in Forth
p. 74, [Oyster bed] progress of show that firth full etc
p. 75, Q[uer]y Curtis dif[feren]t habits of close species
p. 75, Forth Estuary. Oysters. Sand etc
[p. 75], Q[uer]y oysters grow cannot on mud?
p. 76, Forth Est[uar]y [parallel?] contemp[orar]y form[ation]s [p. 76?] Queries - 2 pages
p. 79, Insects wanted for Kinnordy Coll[ectio]n
p. 80, Terms diffuse. archives of mineral[og]y
p. 80, Changes in chemical nature of fluid
p. 80, Irish elk extermin[ate]d not by catastrophe
p. 81, Mushroom large size Kinnordy
p. 81, Seeds conveyed by birds
p. 81, Q[uer]y Curtis destruction of insects. 2 qu[erie]s
p. 81, All fossils called human once
p. 82, Queries 2 pages
p. 84, Insects wanted [and] Entom[ology] mem[oranda]
p. 85, Queries 2 pages
p. 87, Stereotype in reign of Augustus Brit[ish] Mus[eum]
p. 87, L[och] of Forfar. Isle in. horsemen drowned?
p. 87, Barometers. Difference of
p. 87, Bones from Bakie marl
p. 88, Why superficial men are unconvincible in geol[ogy]
p. 89, Marl L[och]. of Kinnordy
p. 89, Chambered univals 10 in our sea! Fleming
p. 89, Melville Isl[an]d shells and Zooph[ytes] same as ours!
p. 89, Sponges in Angus
p. 89, Arca Pilosa thrown up [number erased and replaced with] 7ft in storm
p. 90, Asturias caput medusae now [underlined] not tropical
p. 90, Terebratula British at Oban [and] Rosssh]ire]
p. 90, Mount[ain] [and] Magn[esia]n limest[one] same fossils?
p. 90, Terebratula no smooth ore in old form[ation]s
[p. 90], Shells of salt live in brackish etc
p. 91, Geological eras in zoology
p. 91, Collect[io]n of Perthsh[sire] insects [Lady Moncrieff]
p. 91, Testacea Brit[is]h almost all known
p. 91, Powgavie shells disturbed format[io]n?
p. 92, Testacea eat shells
p. 92, Lakes why at summits & feet of mount[ain]s
p. 92, Artaxerxes (P.) when found
p. 92, Firth of Forth beds with Phoca. whale. shells etc
p. 93, Q[uer]y does marine earthquake drive in whales?
p. 93, [Lamentier?] littoral cetacea
p. 93, Fuci do not live in deep water
p. 93, Sertularia
p. 93, Distribution of animals. Shells of W[est] differ from E[ast] coast Scotl[an]d.
p. 94, Universal form[ation]s why suppose[e]d
p. 94, Fossils thinning out in coal field
p. 94, Oysters fix to each other if [...]
[p. 94], Cardium
p. 94, L[och] of Forfar marl bones
p. 95, How long have marl locks been drained
p. 95, Chalk in Shiant Isles Fleming
p. 97, Bakie posit[io]n of bones in
p. 98, [Bakie] marl 20ft ox in lower sand
p. 99, [Bakie] rock marl
p. 100, Human skeletons in Bakie marl
p. 101, Bakie oxen in peat when drain dug!
p. 101, Castle Hill Kinnordy. Lake on
p. 101, Trap conglom[eration] d[itt]o
p. 102, Queries one page
p. 103, Rings in trees. Their age
p. 103, Equable temperature of sea. Cause
p. 103, Distrib[utio]n of animals, circles. Fleming
p. 104, Zoological era, earliest
p. 104, Legendum Scoresby Arctic region
p. 104, Paddock mire Forfar a peat moss
p. 105, Queries 2 pages
p. 107, Paddock mire & other Mosses. Forfar
p. 108, L[och] of Restenneth a long latus
p. 110, L[och] of Forfar S[outh] of d[itt]o also N?
p. 110, L[och] of Forfar Roscobie name of marl man [David Greig]
p. 110, Flow of water is W[est] from L[och] Forfar
p. 110, Restenneth L[och]
p. 111, Furrowed surfaces
p. 111, Oaks size of
p. 112, Trees in Peat. Aberdeen Caithness etc
p. 112, Legend[u]m Forsyth forest trees. Oaks
p. 112, Comparition number of plants & insects
p. 113, Queries 4 pages
p. 117, Otters in Angus
p. 117, Aurora Borealis Kinnordy etc q[uer]y
p. 118, Creigh like mica shist [sic]. Diluv[iu]m
p. 118, Excav[atio]n of valleys in Grampians
p. 118, Hill peat. Bones. Catlaw. no bones high up
p. 118, Basins & ravines on Carity
p. 119, Creigh like red mica shist
p. 119, Stones grow. waste
p. 120, Dog watching on dogs grave
p. 120, Trap Port-Patric Serpentinish like Glammis [sic Glamis]
p. 121, Giants cause way. any [aurygadaloids?]
p. 121, Catarpillars [sic] alive after maggots escape
p. 121, Shrinking of moss at Kinnordy
p. 121, Peat accumating [sic accumalating] to quality sans loch
p. 121, Valley in Scotland cuts axis
p. 122, Granite bolders [sic] decomp[osin]g - Forfar dil[uviu]m
p. 122, Diluv[iu]m of Forfar not from conglom[eration]
p. 122, L[och] of Rescobie. section
p. 123, [Loch of Rescobie] deeper now than ever
p. 123, Newtons [sic] questions of optics
p. 123, [& 130] Trap of Dunkeld
p. 126, Temperature
p. 126, Baldovie Conglomerate
p. 126, Torrents – cause of hills washing
p. 127, Forfar diluvium
p. 128, Diluv[iu]m of the Sidlaw valley
p. 129, Valley of Sidlaw lakes
p. 130, Waste of cliffs - English coast
p. 130, Alyth, trap dike
p. 130, Carse of Gowrie
p. 130, Valley of Lunan
p. 130, Diluv[iu]m [and] alluv[iu]m Strathmore
p. 131, Error in Ainslie’s map
p. 131, Forth, course of the
p. 131, Sandst[one] above Dunkeld
p. 131, Sidlaw beds
p. 131, Granite, Forfar Diluv[iu]m
p. 132, S[outh] Esk, course of the
p. 132, Diluv[iu]m at junct[io]n of Tay [and] Isla
p. 134, Section of Glen Prosen
p. 135, “Mortar”, diluv[iu]m sect[io]n on Esk
p. 135, Chalk flints s[ai]d to be found at Coul?
p. 135, Loch of Forfar, things found in
p. 135, Thickness of peat, Ballock [and] Kinnordy
p. 135, [& 137, 140] Diluvium
p. 135, Isla’s original course
p. 136, Pearsie, basins and defiles
p. 137, Basins in Glen Prosen [and] Clova
p. 137, Loch Brandy
p. 138, Catlaw mount[ai]n peat
p. 139, Prosen, R., above Pearsie
p. 140, Carity deepens its bed
p. 140, Slate, Pearsie
p. 141, Prosen, above Balnaboth, sect[io]n
p. 142, 151, 149, 144 Baromet[er]s observ[ation]s
p. 142, Craig [Tillelair], above Kilbo
p. 144, Broom Cairn
p. 144, King’s seat – Mair
p. 146, Little Dreish
p. 147, Prosen, rocks seen on its banks
p. 148, Balnaboth section
p. 150, Diluv[iu]m Strathmore
p. 150, Cliffs in Angus, waste little
p. 152, Legendum Allan’s paper on geol[ogy] of Nice
p. 152, Wild ducks building in trees
p. 152, Changing seeds of plants
p. 153, Migration of plants
p. 153, Frogs buried, acc[oun]t of
p. 154, Marl Loch of Kinnordy, sect[io]n of
p. 154, Bolder on hill n[ea]r Culhawk
p. 156, Diluvium Bucklandi - Tilgate waders
p. 156, Monitor in chalk, Mantells [sic] Sussex p. 242
p. 156-157, Tilgate bones
p. 157, Cetacea - Lewes Levels
p. 157, Stag in d[itt]o
p. 157, Climate
p. 157, Chalk, fragm[ent]s of slate in, but rare
p. 158, Iguanodons
p. 158, Cetacea
p. 158, Bones of Tilgate - waders
p. 158, Esox in chalk
p. 158, Lewes alluv[iu]m
p. 159, Tilgate plants
p. 159, Monitor
p. 159, Rolled bones
p. 159, Flint fossils
p. 160, Freshwater [and] marine in Tilgate
p. 160, Crocodiles
p. 160, Didelphis
p. 160, Anoploth[eriu]m at Binstead
p. 121, Moss shrinking
p. 121, Balgavies diluvium
p. 130, Alyth traps dike
p. 131, Faults in Sidlaw