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Notebook No.96, January 1842- January 1842

 Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 4
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/96

Scope and Contents

This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through South Carolina and Georgia, including a trip down Savannah river. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries. 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

97.
N[umber] 96. Index Jan[uar]y. 1842.
p. 1, Bluffs in Georgia [and] Carolina
p. 2, - [Bluffs] of Wallahorn ferry
p. 2, - [Bluffs] New Savannah
p. 4, - [Bluffs] Silver,
p. 6, 12, - [Bluffs] Shell, strata [and] fossils
p. 14, - [Bluffs] highest bluff, sect[io]n of,
p. 26, - [Bluffs] London, trees growing in swamp,
p. 26, - [Bluffs] Mor's, fossils of
p. 34, - [Bluffs] Stony, sect[io]n, 28 - fossils near, 29 - Burr-stone of, used for Millstones
p. 48, - [Bluffs] Poor Robin, sandy strata
p. 60, - [Bluffs] Red, bones of Cetacea
p. 83, - [Bluffs] White Creek, sect[io]n 82 - shells
p. 2, Wallahorn ferry bluff
p. 2, New Savannah D'o [Ditto]
p. 4, 22, 24, 46, 52, 66, 68, 86, 94, Journal,
p. 4, Silver Bluff
p. 6, 12, Shell Bluff, strata [and] fossils of,
p. 14, - [Shell Bluff] highest bluff, sect[io]n of,
p. 8, Davis's quarry, section in
p. 10, - [Davis's quarry] fossils of, (casts)
p. 16, Shell Bluff, overhanging limest[one] of.
p. 16, - [Shell Bluff] lithographic limest[one]
p. 18, 20, - [Shell Bluff] results of examin[atio]n of,
p. 18, Demery's Ferry, steep rounded mounds,
p. 20, Conrad on age of Shell Bluff deposit,
p. 26, London Bluff, trees growing in swamp
p. 26, Mor's Bluff, fossils of,
p. 28, Stony Bluff, sect[io]n of,
p. 29, - [Stony Bluff] fossils from near,
p. 34, - [Stony Bluff] Burr-stone used for Millstones
p. 28, 30, Millhaven fossils
p. 30, - [Millhaven] silicified wood from
p. 32, - [Millhaven] clay [and] bed of flint
p. 34, Jacksonboro, sect[io]n of sands[tone] [and] clays
p. 44, - [Jacksonboro] fossils of, 41, 42 - latitude of, 44 - nodules of iron-oxide
p. 36, 38, 40, Beaver-dam Creek, section on,
p. 40, 48, Sink holes
p. 44, 84, Iron-oxide
p. 44, Boulders wanting in Pine barrens
p. 26, Trees growing in swamp
p. 82, - [Trees] festooned with Moss, like T[ierra] del Fuego
p. 44, Pine-barrens, no boulders in
p. 48, Poor Robin Bluff, sands
p. 48, - [Poor Robin Bluff] fossils in digging well near
p. 58, Effingham, C[ount]y
99.
p. 50, 54, Tiger Leap, sands [and] kaolin of,
p. 56, Hudson's Reach, impressions of shells in the marl of
p. 56, - [Hudson's Reach] teeth of Myliobates.
p. 58, Sisters ferry sect[io]n at,
p. 60, Red Bluff, bones of Cetacea
p. 62, Ebenezer, sands with quartz pebbles
p. 62, - [Ebenezer] cetacea at,
p. 72, Vernon, R[iver], section
p. 72, - [Vernon River] tracks of Racoons [et cetera] on beach
p. 60, 62, Cetacea, fossil
p. 56, Myliobates D'o [Ditto] at Hudson's Reach
p. 72, Racoons, tracks of on beach
p. 76, - [Racoons] drawing of D'o [Ditto]
p. 78, - [Racoons] caught in Oyster
p. 72, Opossum, tracks of on beach
p. 74, - [Opossum] drawing of D'o [Ditto]
p. 76, Wild Cat, foot-print of,
p. 78, Montgomery, sea-beach near,
p. 84, - [Montgomery] iron concretions in Bluff at,
p. 78, Crabs, holes made by,
p. 80, - [Crabs] pellets of sand thrown out by,
p. 30, 90, Silicified Wood
100.
p. 82, White Bluff Creek, sect[io]n
p. 83, - [White Bluff Creek] shells in,
p. 84, 84, Skiddaway, R[iver] [sic], fossil bones found in,
p. 86, - [Skiddaway River] [sic] megatherium found at,
p. 92, Savannah, situation of,
p. 92, Climate - best months for tour,
p. 96, - [Climate] of corresponding latitudes
p. 96, Georgia Sand formation
p. 86, Megatherium at Skiddaway
Addresses
p. 88, Coupar
p. 42, Hartridge
p. 64, Habersham,
p. 70, Posey
p. 70, Scriven

Dates

  • Creation: January 1842- January 1842

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Extent

1 volume

100 folios

50 Leaves

Archivist's Note

Transcribed by Erin McRae, volunteer; catalogued by Elise Ramsay, Project Archivist, July 2021

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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