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Generally received opinion that male impresses offspring more indelibly than female p 367

Quarterly Journal of Agricl Dec 1837

Yet instances given against it —

Mere fact of many races of Animals

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in Britain shows that either races soon made or crosses difficult

Salisbury Craigs

The Highland shepherds dogs coloured like Magellanic fox. . an instance of Provincial breeds.

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Veins of Segregation in Salisbury Craigs

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Salisbury Craigs

V. Specimens —

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Veins, amygdaloidal — as well as base not always parallel to strata

3 or 4 seams / 3 or 4 inches thick —

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35º is I believe about greatest dip of sandstone in upper part of Salisbury Craigs

25º perhaps most common —

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Will not curved form of hill be explained by my idea —

highest part must project

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East End near Holyrood Palace

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In same way at top trap could be traced

Grey in front on wall

perhaps wall oblique

The hill has been well — denuded. —

of hard metamorph path only covering

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Great Slip, 10 years since three hundred feet in vertical height — enormous mass

thunder storm, many hundred thousand tuns.

Black faced sheep, sometimes mottled with white black legs & tail like species in colouring

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Strike an analogy between pleasures of association, & passions, such as love —

dislike & f passion of hatred

To fullfil an instinct a pleasure; mem. Shepherd dogs

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The Patches of Conglomerate on S. Ventana, excellent instance, how accidental is the preservation in situ of even imperishable pebbles.

I am nearly certain there were none on surface of any hill

Thursday

On side of Hill South of upper end of Loch Dochart buttresses of Alluvium or rather mass of well rounded pebbles in

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yellowish argillaceous or sandy soil —

These Buttresses formed vestige of irregular terrae perhaps near 300 ft above Loch. — From this point could be followed up to neighbourhood of Tyndrum where a large sort of plain space is

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thickly studded with ridges & flat topped hill / do alluvium

NB In one part pure sand in current cleavage — in other irregular horizontal strata I suppose these upper patches if prolonged would

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intersect valley above the 300 ft Alluvium abo by Loch Dochart —

Rivers could not have deposited it. Barrier of lake very lofty, & no trace of it; to the

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sea more probable

I did not look carefully for Marine remains. —

Some of the hills almost appeared as if they belonged to double series

Whole very obscure but it is certain

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there must once have been very considerable mass of waterworn pebbles in Alluvium which without lake or sea could not be placed in present position

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Thursday Evening 1/2 past 8

Tyndrum

29.625 29.636 Temp. 62

Friday morning 1/4 past seven o'clock

29.642 Temp 55 Air 50º ?

Friday. Inverorum

about 20 ft above Loch Tulla

29.804 Temp 62º Air 60°

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Below Loch Tulla whole wide valley scattered with few very small & irregular hills of alluvium — nothing very striking yet possibly sea more probably than river —

No exact terraces but appearances, as if valley had been filled with sloping bed of rubbish

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Friday

Highest part of road between Inverorum & King's House

28.935/82^d A

Temp of Air 65º ?

Glenoe, 6 ft above high water mark

30.380. 68°

65º ?

For comparison with all the measure before

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There some of the half rounded gravel nearly as high as highest measurement but nature I am quite doubtful of as I am of all the Alluvium.

At mouth of Caledonian Canal opposite Loch Leven

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two terraces perhaps upper one 100 ft & other one 40 —

traces of them all along Glencoe. —

towards Fort William yet in Glencoe in parts no trace of them —

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Mem Coast of Chile — ؟ is not Mica Slate too hard & uneven to be impressed

Case of Birch Wood by Inverorum being determined by sheep & not deer

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When Black faced sheep are crossed with English my informant said the lambs were nearly like each other & half between parents (& not like dogs), but they thought the breed liable to vary — I asked this question in many ways & received same answer

Thought lambs most like mother! —

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the cross not so hardy but more easily fatten,

This man confirmed the account of the young Shepherd dogs

Saturday

Before coming to Bridge of Spean, hills of sea sand,, gravel, current cleavage, & pretty well rounded stones, mixed with some quite irregular

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very like rubbish at head of Loch Dochart nea Above Spean Bridge many flat terraces one above much inclined towards river all these composed — where side ravine entered terraces formed successive bays but plains sloped

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centre-wards which would not have happened if the side-streamlet had cut them out — In all cases I urge deposition marine — because if not chain of lake & if so there would be barrier — recollect

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the case of loch in below by pass of Glencoe —

the erosion may often be due to rivers —

By Roy Bridge, a tongue of flat land, with terraces of each side of the two valleys

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corresponding as in Andes, composed of sand & perfectly rounded stones — lake required to deposit this

Remember however the great Chilian valley Acongua, must there have deposited much — On other hand remember modelling power of sea N of Valparaiso

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are those animals subject to much variation which have lately acquired their peculiarities?

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The slope of A & B regular & even towards

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river & to West of Spean difficult to explain on formation deposition in lake

On the summit & on Spean side of Meal —

Derry there were perfectly rounded base pebbles of quartz & other rocks not apparently in situ & in hill being gneiss & also also near summit on Hill on side of Inn boulder of granite above 4^th Shelf a little lower down the hillock with beach & channel precisely as with Isl^d —

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double terrace

plain

Spean

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line on N. side of Spean most clear & upper line running up great bight just as Dick shows

NB. Lake gradually draining off would form plains such as those near Bridge Roy (& other cases) but then if gradually drained, where is barrier

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[sketch]

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Sunday

In Glen Collarig, when water up to shelf very shallow channel 50 ft wide & river get formed in centre

In Glen Collarig, on side of Hill of Bohunthine upper road (2) extends as far nearly as house, the 3^d below them

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opposite to where side ravine enters

On opposite side of valley both extend below the Houses

The Hills in this neighbourhood appear very round-topped with much drainage & far more earthy than what is usual —
Lines die away where slope

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less., best developed on steep earthy slope, two circumstances rarely united. — die away also, without any cause, must be tides. &c.

[sketch] ditch

roads very much this character. —

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The boulders (one of Gneiss remarkably water worn) are often times of rock not in immediate neighbourhood, (as granite or gneiss of Moel Deny) on low hill between Inn & Bouhunthine the summit doubtless worn into coincidence, has beach or band of pebbles on line of 4^th shelf. —

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Even on Lauder Dicks Hypothesis impossible to explain absence of lines in certain parts. —

At the Pass of Glen Collarig two little lines of Hill (judging from external form alluvium) descend from shelf 3^d & almost meet,

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but are separated by flat bottomed strait, connecting flat on one side with irregular gravel plain of other, which must have been waterworn after 3^d lake. —

4^th shelf runs up some way on great sloping plain of

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alluvium (much corroded by rivers) & not to head of plain. — but below houses where rivulet enters two great projecting butresses, upper slope of which corresponds to shelf the truncation & the

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upper shores may correspond with some line subsequent to shelf
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In Glen Collarig, by Dicks theory lake burst in most improbable part & not in Pass, where shallowest

In Glen Collarig good case of shelves entering on one side ravine.

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Are the lip, or necks of land on level with shelves effect of corrosion & not cause.

Monday

a rapid descent of a terrace except at very head of valley indicates new terrace

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Ballivard 2 miles North of Grant town to Forrest road comminuted shells

Important contingency if elevation from Axis, then rivers might deposit, & afterwards

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with greater cut through, not applicable to Glen Roy

Lake, must have remained very long at 4^th shelf from size of buttresses, to upper edge of which they cut near Loch Treig —

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Tuesday

Bridge of Roy

Level of bed of River

30.221/65º

Temp of air 65º ?

There are two terraces on the East side of river & bed of river about 40 ft beneath general plain.

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30.127 A 72º

Air 65º ?

at level of upper terrace

The buttresses of Alluvium rise nearly up to Glen Collarig up within 200 ft of level of 4^th shelf= argument against river — composition & —

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stratification argument detritus —

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where buttresses on 4^th shelf: others lines not so level because of upper edge of cliff Others below it — argument for lake or sea at successive levels —

shelf of opposite

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Glen Collarig at bend & here most accumulations

At gentler bends roads disappear

The normal condition of 4^th shelf, some way below House

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of Glen Roy, seems to be which higher up on is corroded

Could earthquake cause collection of sediment?

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Where ravines enter side by, opposite entrance into Glen Fintec a kind of landing place is formed

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Ben Erin summit

27.813. 65

55°?

Boulder of Granite

28.362

68°

60°

Granite — band 4X3 feet & 2 deep

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Another rather smaller block 30 ft above & other 50 ft lower & other smaller ones

these boulders are decaying.

neighbouring rock gneiss & [rilany] sandstone actually resting on them on summit of hill rounded, site N N W of Ben Erin

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Shelf of Glen Guoy

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Divortium aquarum

NB In Glen Collarig tidal channel, sides alm 15 ft above bank or terrace, from terrace of 2^d shelf

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Level of shelf of Glen Guoy form comparison with granite block & Ben Erin

29.287. 72º

Air 65 ?

70?

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Where a buttress projects from side of hill if line suppose continued across to side removed all well & good, but

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how came river to do this vast quantity when during repose of lake it did but little more

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now that it has got to the rock of cols if —

why should it deposits

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River terraces often descend by flights the terraces if the largest has hollowed out most

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Wednesday

Shelf 3^d dies away almost imperceptibly on Glen Turrit side

2^nd shelf very broad& cut out, produced from same cause as great spit is or plain now formed on shelf 4^th

2^d & 3^d can be traced some way up, but most faintly on East side of Glen Turrit, where

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I believe they end in upwards inclined plains, as in Corry. & as as I believe in side ravine above houses of Roy
Maccullochs supernumerary shelf I doubt, much about 50 or 60 ft no doubt, a mound of Alluvium nearly parallel —

Inclination of river must constantly alter with falling sea & so corrode

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plain into terrace as regressed

What alter a balance there must be in power of rivers either bringing more detritus than they corrode or vice versa
Same inclination when serpentine might remove, what above straight line only cut deep gorge

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on sea hypothesis, if gullies not now formed (Mac. hypoth,) the level during any oscillation must have been so carefully preserved as to have thrown water in same drainage lines

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Mounds of druids thought wonderful — that they are preserved

how much more so, these lines & even water-scooped rock only decay from fragment falling of no particular hardness; no wonder that all three lines should be equally preserved

2^d or upper one more perfect

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in this part glen than 3^d.

3(a) less perfect than upper & lower but quite as perfect as those lines in Glen Collarig, & some other parts

Boulders of same granite, all on these three shelves

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soil is the usually slaty

Point of rounded not scooped rock on bend of 3 (a)

Cannot see make out composition of shelves: generally angular except near head of valley

fragments which had fallen before lake drained could be told from some of those since fallen.

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on the 3 shelves

Solid rock is much notched

on Maculloch's supposition; —

the old ravine, where water entered are not proportionately large to those now formed in same

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spot by present torrents

Maculloch wrong in saying no transported materials into on upper shelves granite & some other rocks at head of shelf 3^d almost all granite pebbles

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Level of plain of 4^th shelf at head of Lower Glenroy

29.581 A 82

75°?

From this point plain appears like one uniform slope slightly bending up each main valley. — & that river

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alone had modified it — perhaps however sea also, —

Barometer on shelf

3^d . 29.455

A 83°

∴ plain of 4^th shelf slope, above line of 4^th shelf

This shelf at head where granite & veined gneiss unite occurs abundantly with perfectly rounded pebbles of granite & forming sloping buttresses

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Yet certainly shelf 4^th near only usually contains many pebbles, but I believe this is chiefly caused by its being lower, — (no pebbles in parts of Beagle Channel when mica slate, only sand blow away)

Where lines appear

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to cross stony parts; appearance chiefly cause by fall of angular masses from above on soft shelf —
29.330 A 84°

compare this with last measurement of shelf of 3^d: — granite block a yard across.

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On side of that hill, in front of which shelf 3^d form beach of granite pebbles, & around which shelf 2^d almost forms it into island — whole hill composed of remarkable gneiss with red granite veins & quartz, &

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garnets. —

Boulders as before certainly must have come been drifted here:

on very summit no granite — (in valley there are granite) boulders

[sketch]

hill with boulders

river

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Right Hand Cascade has cut where two branches unite in upper Glen Roy very little back from line 2^d; little action since that shelf formed

Upper terrace near Loch Spey

29.35161

29.360?

A 79°

75°?

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A little below Divortium on slope towards Loch Spey

29.297

A 79. 1/2

29.316

about 12 ft higher than last station

divortium aquarum

29.316

true terrace 2^d near divortium aquarum is a lip with it — Dick right — Mac mistook terrace also right —

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Granite such as boulder on thes Diyortium aquarum

Peaty Mass of this point very nearly like head of Glen Guoy nor is horizontal line apparently continuation of upper terrace — on right hand

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side of Loch Spey forms terrace about 60 feet above Loch

trace of this terrace on will Granite ridge or a modified Granite ridge at head of Glen Roy on same side where two rivers unite in Upper Glen Roy great

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plain about 60 ft beneath shelf —

peat on pebbles — tidal plain as sea gradually retired, hard to explain on river doctrine

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Little Hill with granite blocks almost encircled

fre Gneiss cut smooth on sides of hill where Boulder lies.

buttresses occur high up on Shelf 2^d in Upper Glen Roy

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In this upper part about junction of Upper & from Glenroy near the upper shelfs ground strewed with pebbles

Shelf 3^d runs up with buttresses on each side very little way in Upper Glen Roy at pass

4^th

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side of valley

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Granite blocks on this side (return) between 2^d & 3^d shelf

Mountain Mica composed of Gneiss

Block on 2^d shelf & below it some way; several large ones (one 6 ft across) on top of spit between river & dry Corry

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Scarcely conceivable. if Hill between Corry so much cut Granite could have remained, no peat supply. —

Consider profoundly Boulder hypothesis

Thursday, from Glen Turrit to Fort Augustus

Barom on upper (rather above)? shelf

29.290

A. 69°

Air 68°?

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Barom 29.008

A. 75°

Air 70° ?

This station a little way down slope of obscure terraces (& conical hills on same) of semi waterworn & some partly well worn pebbles — which river could not have deposited

the slope is continued some hundred

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feet lower & begins about 60 higher —

There are however fringes of alluvium (?) still higher

Slope of valley much more gentle than in Glen Roy, & partly shut in

No Granite blocks in higher parts??

Bought Glen name of Glen by which we

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descended, it is to the west of Glen Tarf

What I called Alluvium shows the ascending fringes

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which makes me think it submarine, 400 or more feet above station! There is long straight isthmus connecting

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E & W connecting Glen Bought & Glen Tarf a perfect old Loch, making several two divortiums aquarum, viz two branches of River Bought & between one of these & Glen Tarf

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Hill Cairn taw leer peak

Barom 28.700. A.75°

75°?

Boulder, much covered by turf 2 ^ft 8 long of syenite with pinkish felspar; — whole hill dark grey fine grained. Much contorted gneiss

narrow sharp ridge with peak

I walked all round

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hill. Boulder about 20 ft below summit

Isthmus

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XX Barom 28.92 A 75

Air 70° ?

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Isthmus broad flat peat mass — (general character in these mountains & not ridges) between arm of Glen Bright flowing into E. end of L. Oich, & waters flowing into west end with obscure terraces on one side

Barom 29.200 A 80

70°?

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for about 3/4 of mile on one S side of this Isthmus (which runs E & W)

broad terrace of pebbles? & Alluvium which appear perfectly level, or op dies away on gradual slope —

: on N side dies away on rocky place, but narrow shelves just like road of Glen Roy — appears to lip with moss

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On this terrace station perhaps 6 ft too low (to test last on Peat-Mass Divortium aquarum)

Barom. 29.200

A.77°

Air 70° ?

A 77°

Barom .066 lower than last, but station was a few about 3 feet lower too high

about a quarter of a mile further on, where three river abutted

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Having crossed the mouth, (deep) of above valley this road level with Peat moss most distinct then lost by slope, then concealed by fragments, then clear. this bit to eye certainly appears level with road, & with piece of excised rock lost at point of valley chiefly from rockiness

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When on other side

[sketch]

Shelf A at head of Gentle mossy slope, which from a distance hid it, could be followed for at least 2 miles on dead level by eye to moss

on this terrace

Barom. 29.264 A 82

75° ?

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This last measurement turns out too low, (NB .260 would have been more correct) there were several obscure but not far continuous flights above it —

(NB. the buttress or pass at Isthmus appears above level of shelf certainly)

I took another measurement on short buttress but not continuous & it

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was 29.200

minus .008 [equals] .192

Loch Lochy 3 ft above water

Barom: 30.372 A 76°

75°?

The River the of which the source is a lip with the new shelf flows into canal between L. Lochy & Oich.

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is a brook on the Lochy side of it — the terraces of which, last measurements belong are so complicated, that nothing can be made out of them — but it may be said that a mound stretches along, parallel to

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Shelf on opposite side & dies away on the steep & rocky gully of last stream

Friday Loch Lochy near Letter Finlay

Barom 30.267, A 68

Air 65° ?

.194

372 [minus] 267 [equals] 105

about 28.75 I reached

29.090

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Preservation of form of land very much due to Peat & Heather — When it did not grow at first — relics destroyed. —
the Brook about Head of which is so interesting. enters by old tower called Glengarry

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(Nead Roy told me) it is impossible to see my new shelf, from road:

Loch Ness

30.140. A 66°

30.095

.0458 or 6

difference between bedrock & Loch Ness

30.100

Donald Macphee

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Saturday Morning

29.958 A 64°,

air 60°

Evening do

The extreme right arm of River Tarf. it has a very long, flat divatium aquarum with, left of Bright. — like bed of lake with trace of terraces on each side

High up the Tarf

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(a Granite (boulder), sloping buttresses, and one alternate curved layer of fine sand & small angular — rounded pebbles — dip sideward, & inwards — deposited when water stood at higher

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Loch Keeper tells me, that Loch Lochy is 8 ft below Loch Oich wh is 92 ft above sea

Loch Ness 40 ft above

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do. When cutting bank where Locks now are (32 ft rise) they found alternating layers of coarse & fine & many Sea shells. My informant saw them himself —

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Sand with tide ripple

Near Fort Augustus hill & fringe as if it had been filled up at 30 ft. higher with pebbles now worn away —

The above shells must have been

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about 60 ft above sea — soon decayed on exposure

M^r H. C. Watson Geographical distribution of British Plants

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Shropshire Quartz what substance is collected in little spots

Speculate on under head of Beagle Channel. Forchammers (Lyells Denmark) Shrewsbury rubbish. — Speculate on origin pebbles brought by different cause: from mud. —
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[sketch]

Wenlock Edge

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L. Lochy 12 ft

96 L. Oich

12

84

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29.958 [minus] 1.17 [equals] 28.788

+28.8

30.372 [minus] 29.200 [equals] 1.172

Loch Oich 92

each Loch 8 ft.

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The Metamorphic conglomerates near Loch Lochy would be well worth examining —

Inverness & waters of the Tarf —

Kilfinnan Tower

where stream enters at head of which hill is round

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& not merely thoughts laying dormant

Man from Glen Turret said he learnt to know the lambs because most like Mother in face — asked stated this generally the case

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Wednesday 12/ & 3/

Why is the Tetrao scoticus & Tetrao — not an American form

The union of two instincts crossing most remarkable ؟ ever obseved?

Shows that nervous brain makes thought

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