This notebook, with marbled brown covers, documents Lyell's trip from Verona to Florence, Italy. It includes geological notes, discussion on the object of geology; Action of Earthquakes; Modern causes; observation on the Colours of fossil shells, sketches of maps and routes, Breccia and shells, Hippopotamus jaw 160, illustration. The front cover plate is titled; "No 2 Italy 1828. Verona Sept 14th, Florence Oct 9th."

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. 3, Verona to Montecchio Maggiore
p. 3, Calviero
p. 3, Montecchio Maggiore
p. 8, Castel Gomberto
p. 16, Val negra
p. 10, Monte Bolca
p. 26, 49, Vicenza
p. 32, M. Viale
p. 41, Arqua (Euganeans)
p. 46, Monte Rosso (D[itt]o)
p. 54, Euganeans
p. 56, Feolo (D[itt]o)
p. 58, Barbarano (D[itt]o)
p. 71, Ponte de Veja
p. 76, Jari + Logo (D[itt]o)
p. 78, Verona to Mantua
p. 83, Parma
p. 140, Bolonia to Pietra Mala
p. 142, Pianoro
p. 148, Pietra Mala to Coviglioni
p. 156, Viano (n'r Val d'Arno)