This blue leather notebook, contains Lyell's notes from Oberhansen, Switzerland to Bonn, Prussia. The front plate reads "No 60 August 22nd to September 20th 1835", and the index is pasted to the back cover. Contents are geological observations with sketches mostly in pencil, some ink.

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, Oberhausen sect[ion]
p. 1,4,100, Justic thal limestone,
p. 2,6, Berglis section
p. 2,4, Gluntli bach, [Berglis]
p. 6, Rosshorn sect[ion]
p. 6,8, Nagelfluh on Molasse
p. 8, Wimmis Burgfluh sect[ion]
p. 8, Thun, dip of molasse
p. 8, Berne, molasse near
p. 10, Thierachen, view from,
p. 10, Fall bach, Bluminster
p. 10, Flinter, Seclegrahe
p. 12, Gurnigel section
p. 16, Kromen-Jander flugh, sect[ion]
p. 18, Stockholm section
p. 20,22, Weissenberg section
p. 24, Niesen, fucoid shale
p. 26, Niesen, slate quarries of
p. 28, Kander thal sect[ion]
p. 28,30, Taviglanas sandst[one]
p. 32, Spiez Wyln shales
p. 32,34, [Spiez] + Leissige
p. 34, Molasse, valley of,
p. 34,36,38,40, Sundlauern
p. 43, Habkera section
p. 32,34,44, Flysch, lias-like shale
p. 44, Vagel fluh limest[one] sect[ion]
p. 46, Zweilutchina sect[ion]
p. 46, Hunnenfluh [section]
p. 48, Grundelwald [section]
p. 49, Vertical strata, on depth of,
p. 50, Willhorn fallen block of granite + limestone
p. 52, Scheideck, black slate
p. 54,60, Gestillihorn to Wellhorn section
p. 56, Weisenbach cataract
p. 61, Great Schudeck
p. 61, Hugi, notes on,
p. 62, Alpbach sect[ion]
p. 62,64,91, Meirengen [section]
p. 66,68, Lame section
p. 70, Stein Wasser [section]
p. 70,72, Hoff + Appingen [section]
p. 74, Laubstock
p. 74, Urbach thal
p. 76, Enzen granitic schist
p. 76,80,90, Saltel, contact of gneiss + limestone
p. 82,90, Urbach valley
p. 84,86,88, Gstillchn section
p. 76,80,90, Gneiss + limestone contact of,
p. 90, [Gneiss] wedges of,
p. 90, Geissbach Cascade
p. 92, Brunig limestone + shale
p. 92, [Brunig] to Lungern sect[ion]
p. 94, Alpnach section
p. 96, Studer, notes for,
p. 96, Loess at Basle
p. 100, Harder sect[ion] coloured
p. 100, Unterseen [section coloured]
p. 102, Boxes, contents of,
p. 102, Binningen section
p. 104, Kaiserstuhl loess
p. 106,108, Bonn notes + Mem[oranda]
p. 106,107, De Beaumonts remarks
p. 109, Specimens, notes on,
p. 110, Deshayes specim[ens] sent to,
Address
p. 99, Rodolphe Fisher