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Notebook No.91, 24 August 1841-1 September 1841

 Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 4
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/91

Scope and Contents

This notebook contains notes by Charles Lyell field and travel notes while in North America and Canada, mentions of Niagara Falls, and the Shores of Lake Ontario and Michigan. Notes are predominantly pencil, some ink, and the index is located at the back of the notebook.

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.

Lyell's Own Index

N[umber] 91. 1841. Index. 24th Aug[us]t to Sept[ember] 1.
p. 1, Ontario, L[ake], shores of - drift timber - encroachments beaches - drift [et cetera]
p. 3, - [Lake Ontario] curved beds of clay on,
p. 3, - [Lake Ontario] ponds, [and] shells in,
p. 4, - [Lake Ontario] old oak on beach,
p. 4, - [Lake Ontario] 3 recent beaches
p. 6, - [Lake Ontario] drawing of Heron's track
p. 6, 12, 14, - [Lake Ontario] ridges of,
p. 8, - [Lake Ontario] red sandstone from Rochester to,
p. 14, - [Lake Ontario] depths of Lakes Erie and,
p. 8, Michigan, L[ake], cut 18 f[ee]t deep would throw its waters into the Illinois
p. 8, Ridge Roads dist[anc]e from Lakes
p. 6, 12, - [Ridge Roads] great extent of,
p. 60, - [Ridge Roads] not seen near Lewiston
p. 72, Drift, general direction of
p. 10, Journal
p. 16, 20, 26, Medina sandstone [and] fossils of
p. 54, - [Medina sandstone] its extent
p. 18, Lockport, elev[atio]n of Canal above sea
p. 24, 26, 28, - [Lockport] fossils of,
p. 26, - [Lockport] dry creeks
p. 26, - [Lockport] shale, assuming form of mudstone
p. 28, - [Lockport] encrinite limest[one] 3 yards thick at,
p. 28, - [Lockport] slight dip at,
p. 30, - [Lockport] gorge 1 mile inland from escarpment
p. 52, - [Lockport] effect of a 50 feet cutting at,
p. 52, - [Lockport] escarpment scratched [and] polished
99.
p. 20, Niagara limestone, term
p. 30, - [Niagara] drift on, levelled
p. 30, - [Niagara] falls of, recession of 1 mile would reduce them 20 feet,
p. 62, - [Niagara] recession of,
p. 32, - [Niagara] two terraces
p. 42, - [Niagara] valley of,
p. 56, - [Niagara] width of ravine at,
p. 66, - [Niagara] limestone, spheroidal
p. 22, Kelpies feet,
p. 24, 26, Rochester or Niagara shale, fossils of,
p. 32, Lewiston limest[one] 50 f[ee]t above Niagara limest[one]
p. 36, 42, Dip of strata
p. 38, Hall, J[ames], on rise [and] fall of the lakes
p. 80, 82, - [Hall, James] on Silurian fish
p. 38, 39, 40, 44, 60, Goat Island deposit [and] fossils
p. 39, 58, - [Goat Island] waste of
p. 60, - [Goat Island] section
p. 60, 65, - [Goat Island] mastodon found N[umber] of,
p. 64, - [Goat Island] terrace
p. 54, Queenstown, height of Falls when at,
p. 56, - [Queenstown] width of ravine at,
p. 56, - [Queenstown] height of cliff at.
p. 58, - [Queenstown] shape of valley;
p. 38, Pothole near Biddle's Tower
p. 40, Sulphur Spring, terraces with boulders at,
p. 44, - [Sulphur Spring] cliff at
p. 50, Bloody Run
p. 58, Grand Island, height of,
p. 60, 65, Mastodon found N[umber] of Goat Island
p. 68, - [Mastodon] sketch of tooth of,
100
p. 46, 48, Whirlpool, description of,
p. 50, 55, - [Whirlpool] ravine facing
p. 50, - [Whirlpool] shells at,
p. 50, - [Whirlpool] height of Falls when at,
p. 55, - [Whirlpool] drift at,
p. 56, - [Whirlpool] width of ravine at,
p. 64, - [Whirlpool] terrace
p. 97, - [Whirlpool] view of [from] S[ain]t David's ravine for panoramic view.
p. 94, Fredonia, waste of cliffs of L[ake] Erie
p. 74, Buffalo, Black Rock section
p. 76, - [Buffalo] limestone slab covered by drift
p. 74, Lake Erie, wave line
p. 94, - [Lake Erie] waste of cliffs,
p. 74, Black Rock, section at,
p. 78, - [Black Rock] if cataract receded to cornitiferous limest[one] would form capping
p. 76, Cornitiferous limest[one] slab of cov[ere]d by drift,
p. 78, - [Cornitiferous limestone] local name of,
p. 80, Williamsville section at,
p. 80, 82, 84, - [Williamsville] fossil corals of
p. 80, 82, Silurian strata, fossil fish of,
p. 80, - [Silurian strata] no coal, or marine plants in,
p. 84, N[ew] York, Essex County, notes for tour to,
p. 84, Batavia, boulders
p. 86, Le Roy, falls of, sect[io]n at,
p. 88, - [Le Roy] are now what Niagara will become,
p. 88, - [Le Roy] width of excavat[io]n perhaps due to frost,
p. 90, - [Le Roy] stream of, running underground
p. 90, 92, Escarpments
p. 92, Ice, force of, in lifting stones.
p. 94, Avon to Genesee, section
p. 94, Bakewell's view of Falls of Niagara
p. 80, 82, Fish, fossil, Silurian
p. 86, Falls of Le Roy

Dates

  • Creation: 24 August 1841-1 September 1841

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Extent

101 folios

50 Leaves

1 volume

Archivist's Note

Transcribed by Erin McRae, Volunteer, July 2021; Catalogued by Elise Ramsay, Project Archivist, July 2021

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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