This black leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from Switzerland, Thun to Kublisbad, mostly in pencil, some ink pen. The notebook contains some sketches, including of Jungfrau summit of the Bernese Alps. The index is pasted to the back cover and the front cover is labeled with the following: "No. 59, Aug[ust] 10th to 22nd 1835. Switzerland. Thun to Kublisbad."

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. 1,188, Studer, notes on, + for,
p. 3, Molasse in Canton de Vaud
p. 3 to 18, Kander, delta of,
p. 16, Thun, molasse
p. 16,18,22, Stockhom [sic] chain, sect[ions]
p. 20,21, Subzbach sect[ion], resume
p. 22, Aeschi to Leisigen sect[ion]
p. 24,26, Untersen
p. 26,28,30,31,34,35,42,44, Harder, sect[ion]
p. 45, Unter Hohlen
p. 46, Rugen
p. 50, Wilderswyl curved strata
p. 50,52, Hunnenfluh
p. 54,78,86, Rothal
p. 56, Schaafbach
p. 56, Staubbach sect[ion]
p. 58, Alpine Valleys
p. 58,60, Lanterbrunnen [...]
p. 58,60, Trummelbach
p. 60, Sausberg
p. 62, Schwarze Monel sect[ion]
p. 64, Gummelwald D[itt]o
p. 64,66, Bosefluh sect[ion]
p. 70,72,74,76, Stuffisten sect[ions]
p. 78, Rothenthal glacier
p. 81,86,87, Jungfrau sect[ion] of,
p. 89, Zwein to Stuffisten, sect[ion]
p. 90,92, Interlaken
p. 90,92, Lombach, River
p. 94,96,98, Hublisbad
p. 96,98,100, Sundlauener
p. 100,104, Beatenberg sect[ion]
p. 106,108, Grenbach sect[ions]