RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [3.1834]. Geological diary: (annotated maps and diagrams relating to Berkeley Sound). CUL-DAR33.165A. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, corrections against the manuscript by John van Wyhe 7.2010, further corrections by Gordon Chancellor and John van Wyhe 5.2011, John van Wyhe 2024. RN4

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. This document, part of the largest scientific document composed by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle, is written mostly in ink. Marginal notes are here integrated into the text. Watermarked "F S". See: Paper types used by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle.

See the introduction to the Geological Diary by Gordon Chancellor.
These transcriptions have been revised and further edited in John van Wyhe and Gordon Chancellor eds., Charles Darwin's geological diary and field notes from the voyage of the Beagle. (OUP forthcoming)


165A

[sketch]

N
45°
X
slate slate
Berkeley Sound
(Slate & Sandstone)
extensive low country intersected by arms from St. ??
Slate
45° 30° 40°
60°
10° 45 40°
Shale
Great valley of fragments

W E
70°
Hill 962 ft
700ft
Valley of fragments
Slate

N.B. Generally. where dips are opposite small lateral dip might also be moved in the cross valleys: but I have only put them down where best seen. —

Main range 1400 ft?
many 90°

S

Further in this direction. hills turn up in NW by W lines & quartz dips to SW by S. 40°

pencil and ink sketch, with blue watercolour.

[verso blank]

165A

[sketch]

Fig: 7. [sketch in black ink on thick cream-coloured paper, verso is blank, no watermarks]

South North
Section of the great central range

useless] both instances in pencil.

165A

[sketch]

[Drawn on thin tracing paper that is backed with card. The sketch is in black ink. The verso blank.]

Fig: 1

Sandstone
Slate
Slate
NB: This not an exact representation of nature, only an illustration.

165A

[sketch]

[Drawn on thin tracing paper that is backed with card. The sketch is in black ink. The verso blank.]

Fig: 6
A 960 ft
B
C 700 ft

useless

[continued in CUL-DAR33.166-216]


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