Notebook No.179, October 1852 - December 1852

[September 28, 1852]
p. 1 Itinerary
p. 1-10 Observations of the New York Harbor and along the Hudson River as far north as Albany, including field sketches, fossils, and information from James Hall
p. 2 “Fine section of roche moutonnee”, “Croton”, “New Hamburg”, “Queries”
p. 4 “With J. Hall”, “Hudson river gneiss”
p. 6 “Fish”, “Silurian”, “McCoy”
p. 8 “Isotelus gigas”, “Isotelus megistos”, “Plants”, “Niagara limest[one]”, “Queries” 
p. 10 “Clay & glacial deposits near Albany”
p. 12 “Ogdensburg glacial”
p. 14 “Oneida Conglomerate”, Discussion of fossils (Spirifer, Pentacrinus) and their stratigraphy
p. 16 Continued discussion of fossils and stratigraphy, including the Clinton, Hamilton, and Devonian Group
p. 18 Ludlow beds, “Difficulties”
p. 20 “J. Halls Report”, “Trenton”, “Mem[oranda]”, “Museum Albany”
p. 22 “Black river limest[one]”, “Insects in Museums”, “Coal in Siluria”, “Antiquity of U.S. Silurian”
p. 22-24 “Albany Clay”
p. 26 “P[ennsylvania] survey”, “Brown Clay”
p. 28 Lake Champlain sketches
p. 32 “Mr. Adams shells”, “Clausilia”, “Siphonostroma”, “Cardium hians”
[October 2nd 1852]
p. 33 “Devonian in U.S.”, Stratigraphy notes with James Hall
p. 34 List of questions about fossils and the determining the boundary between Silurian and Devonian rocks
p. 35-36 “Shells from Helderberg” including Spirifer, Terebratula, and Orthids
p. 36-38 Notes on the number of fossils in each section of rock seen in the Trenton, the Upper and Lower Heldenburg, Oriskany, Hamilton, Chemung, and other sections
[October 3, 1852]
p. 38 “Amherst to Sunderland” description of geology
p. 40 Observations of New Red conglomerate and stratigraphy of the Connecticut River Valley
p. 42 “New Red Sandst[one]” and observations on fossil footprints, with Edward Hitchcock
p. 44 “Fishes”, “Numerous encrinites”, “Berkshire erratics - Canaan etc”
p. 46 Geology of Bellows Falls, Vermont, “Summit level”
p. 48 “Elephant remains”, “Queries Agassiz”, “Brandon Vermont”
p. 50, 52, 54, 56 Description of the geology in the Brandon, Vermont area including sketches
p. 57 “Powers”, Description of limestone used for sculptures
p. 58 Continued description of geology in Brandon, Vermont area, “Erratics”, “Pittsford Station” “Trap dikes”
[October 6, 1852]
p. 60 “Baltimore ferrous”, “Meridional elevat[ion]”, “Green Mountains”, “With J. Hall”
p. 62 Continued notes on the geology of the Green Mountain area, “South Hoosick”
[October 6, 1852]
p. 64 “Pittstown - Schagticoke” [sic Schaghticoke], “Metamorphism”
[October 7, 1852]
p. 64, 66, 68 Description of the geology of Columbia County, NY
p. 68 Parallel boulder trains, “Erratic”
p. 70 Continued notes on erratic boulders
Notebook paging jumps from page 70 to 81
p. 82, 84, 86, 88, 90 Description of Canaan boulders and the surrounding geology in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, including drawings of railway cuttings
October 8, 1852]
p. 90 Geological observations at Richmond, Massachusetts
p. 92 “Train No 3, or branch train”
p. 94 Continued description of Train No 3, with a diagram
p. 96, 98 “Cuttings East of Station”
p. 100 Continued notes on cuttings, “Main train”
p. 102 “Canaan Shaker Village”
p. 104, 106, 108 Description and sketches of Canaan Ridge
p. 110 “Drift”
p. 112 Sketch of boulder trains and observations
p. 114 Numbered list of facts about the boulder trains
[October 10, 1852]
p. 116 “With Dr. Reed”
p. 118 “Coast ice”, “Lenox”  
p. 120-126 Continued notes on coast ice, erratics, and the area geology with a drawn illustration on pages 124-125 (Figure 51)