Notebook No.137, 13 March 1846 - 20 March 1846

The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates. 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 [...]. The inclusion of [sic] indicates the misspelling of a word is deliberate and taken from the notebook. Dates have been inserted at the beginning of the appropriate section. In the index, an X or ? is written in the left margin to mark certain entries.

Index 1846
p. 3 Natchez loam shells of Identity of P[ort] Hudson & Natchez
p. 3 Cypress [illegible word deleted] said to [‘said to’ interlined] be forest of (semi lignite) base of Natchez
p. 4 Section of Natchez fossil trees
p. 5 Height of Natchez cliff 200 f[ee]t? Wailes
p. 7 Texas fossil elephant in loess of Brazos R[iver] Helixs in it
p. 7 Size of stones in Natchez bluff
p. 7 Variety of rocks in same - grand gulf
[March 14, 1846]
p. 9 Col. Wailes on grand gulf stonestone
p. 9 Ellis cliff with silicified wood
p. 9 Natchez loess with concretions in
p. 9 Tapir & Fossils of Mammoth Ravine
p. 11 Fossil bones from islands in Miss[issippi] Castoroides
p. 11 Col. Wailes Eocene [‘chalk’ deleted] shells of Vicksburg.
p. 13 Marl of loess Washington. Palm wood.
p. 13 Height of Natchez Bluff
p. 15 Nummulite from Pearl R[iver].
p. 15 Mastodon, horse, Zeuglodon Museum Washington
p. 17 Palm Wood. Drift? Silicified tree.
p. 18 & 17 Large Pectin said to come from Mississ[ippi] State.
p. 20 Eocene extent of Washita R[iver]
p. 20 Shells of Marl. Washington
p. 20 Height of Natchez. Bluff formation
[March 15, 1846]
p. 22 X Popular election of Judges mere delegates
p. 22 X Punchbowl pines & magnolias together.
p. 22 Human bone black as Mylodons
p. 24 Cocoa plant, Tillandsia Martins & hawks.
p. 24 X Short notes democracy
p. 26 X Tornado Mammoth Ravine view of
p. 28 Loess like that of Rhine Mylodon extent of loess.
p. 28 Supposed human fossil
p. 29 View beyond Washita R[iver].
p. 30 ? Liberty of choosing society
p. 30 X Adams County Miss[issippi] virtually disfranchized
p. 31 X Choice of Jackson for capital. Why
p. 31 X Repudiation. Rich men would pay
p. 32 Increase of ravines in loess since 1812.
p. 33 X Tornado. effects of
p. 34 Loess shells & bones in
p. 34 Drift under loess
p. 35 Palm wood list of loess shells
p. 36 Missip[pi] R[iver]. Wealth of Adams County, notes on Natchez
p. 37 List of loess shells.

p. 38 X Experimental constitutions. Annexation of Mexico
p. 39 Fossils of Natchez drift
p. 40 Aristocracy. Ladies [‘i’ written over ‘y’] Ordinary
p. 40 X Schools in Miss[issippi] influence of wealth
p. 41 Sale of slaves illegal
p. 41 ? Equality of Blacks. shaking hands
p. 42 Mr. Davies [sic Davis] fears their extirpation
p. 42 X Cocoa grass spread of & mischief
p. 42 ? Humming sphynx injuring Tobacco
p. 44 X Martins shew that spring came. Whip hawks
p. 44 ? Mockingbirds also a match for hawk
p. 44 X Locofocoism how fostered
p. 44 X Want of loafers at New Orleans
p. 46 X Height of Natchez cliff. 230 f[ee]t Dickeson
p. 46 ? Elephas primigenius at Natchez
p. 48 X With Forshey Lake Concordia connects with delta
p. 48 Age of grand gulf recent shells of L[ake]. Concordia
p. 50 X Cormorants King fishers. Flood of 1828 p. 50 X Musquitoes [sic mosquitos] at Natchez
p. 52 ? Forshey on stopping up Red R[iver]
p. 52 X Whether Miss[issippi] R[iver] once went by Atchafalaya
p. 52 ? - [Whether] Will never flow through B[ayou]. Plaquemine
p. 54 X Steamers stir up sediment of River
p. 54 Bed of Miss[issippi] does not rise like Po
p. 54 X Moderan concretions like Port Hudson
p. 54 X Depth of river opposite Natchez 150 f[eet]
p. 56 X Forshey defends change of office
p. 56 Frequent change of professions
p. 56 Drift wood driven westward of Delta
p. 56 Stopping up of Manshac [sic Manchac]
p. 56 X The rich complain of democratic ascendancy.
p. 58 X Miss[issippi] at N[ew]. Orleans 2 f[eet] at low water above Lake Pont Chartrain
p. 58 X Gas works below level of sea - piles drive down 60 f[eet]
p. 58 X 600 feet excavation at Lake Pontchartrain
p. 60 X Rate of rise above sea per mile, N[ew]. Orleans to Natchez
p. 60 St. Louis 168 feet above the gulf
p. 60 Height of Natchez & width of river
p. 62 X Miss[issippi]. river work done dangers of
p. 62 ? Supposed tertiary at bottom of Natchez Bluff
p. 62 Granite & Pumice in drift of bluff
p. 64 X New improvement for supplying steam boiler with water.
p. 64 Washington as high as any place in Adams. Co[unty].
p. 66 X Good selling at N[ew]. Orleans & northern prices.
p. 66 News of icebegs & Indian victories
p. 66 White sand 25 feet below Vidalia
p. 66 X Levees not raised at N[ew]. Orleans.
p. 68 Extent [‘of’ deleted] & boundary of Delta
p. 68 X Unpopularity of exclusiveness
p. 68 X Professor Sillimans lectures & success of Mr. Patterson
p. 70 X Treatment of negroes in L[ouisana]. & Miss[issippi].
p. 70 X Ploughing by negro women
p. 70 X Hybernation of alligator & her young
p. 70 Atchafalaya cannot be stopped up
p. 72 X Small bonfire on a raft
p. 72 X Miss[issippi]. dangers of, Forshey,
p. 72 ? Smokey fog at Natchez, causes of
p. 72 X Gas made on board steamer.
[March 17, 1846]
p. 74 X Starting by night voyage in Peytona black serv[ant] on floor.
p. 74 ? Miss[issippi]. a finished river below Baton Rouge
p. 74 X Peytona beds. Land at Grand Gulf
p. 74 Grand Gulf silicious sandstone
[March 18, 1846]
p. 76 Section at Grand Gulf.
p. 78 Rock at Grand Gulf described
p. 80 X Grand Gulf drift wood, prospect, insects, steamers
p. 80 X Sam Slicks phraseology
p. 82 Junction of Loess & sand rock.
p. 82 Gravel under loess
p. 84 ? Finer feeling of educated & refined oppressed by democracy
p. 84 ? Pilgrimlanding fete at New Orleans
p. 86 X Missouri settlers coming for their “own mud”
p. 86 X Negroes treated kindly
p. 86 X Indian picturesque group at Natchez
[March 19, 1846]
p. 88 Grand gulf bluffs solid stone
p. 88 Loess at grand gulf like Niagara drift
p. 88 Comparative age of loess & lake beaches
p. 88 X Mudlinessof R[iver]. no reflections
p. 90 X Grand Gulf Natchez & built with city ideas.
p. 90 Rich men of Boston a working class
p. 90 Letter to Hamilton Couper abstract of
p. 90 War with England ignorance about
p. 92 X Dangers of river. monotony of
p. 92 X Three growths of willows on banks
p. 92 X Drift wood paddles injured. snag boat
p. 94 X Cleared ground on banks wastes faster.
p. 94 ? Names of boats on Miss[issippi]
p. 96 Vote by ballot, both parties against taxing
p. 96 Change of Judges, popular election of
p. 98 Ladies smoking rough cabin passengers
p. 98 Vicksburg fossils
p. 100 Nummulite limestone of Vicksburg
p. 102 Section of Eocene at Vicksburg.
p. 102 Ravines in Loess after clearing
p. 104 Railway if continued will ruin Jackson.
p. 104 Loess on Jackson Railway
p. 104 Bridges of wood. Big black River
p. 106 Judges without pensions cashiered
p. 106 Negro women ploughing
p. 106 Eocene shells & Nummulite at Jackson.
p. 108 Eocene on Railway east of Clinton