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From mile or two up river & opposte ship

1948 — Fossil shells — small arcae excessively numerous

1949 — Fossil shells

1950 — Shell adhaering in 1/2 circle; & primary on a Voluta or large Buccinum, looking ribs of Cornu Ammonis

1951 Shells

1952—53 Voluta same as now living?

1954—5—6—7 — Buccinum

1959—1966 — Various shells

1967. In (1969) Bed in which shells are not common

1968 Shells. —

Facing the ship

1969 — Common pale earthy sandstone, containing veins of gypsum, & salt ([blank]): close above fossil shells but seldom containing them: it is generally not so fine or pure, but marked with ferruginous lines

1970 — Hard concretionary calcareo-[mefises] in the above

1971 — Calcareo-sandstone hard, often containing shells especially Venus in large concrete balls (externally dark rust red) in middle bed

There was a specimen of coarsse agglutinated sand

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2001 — Mytilus on surface Santa Cruz — 350 plain

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1972 Shells same as (1950)

1973 shel Arca

1974 Vitula. bed of river modern even yet retaining partly its color. —

Fossil wood found in bed of river & low plains (high up river) supposed to belong to gr. Oyster formation

1975 western. Curious if it should turn out of tropical character as proving a presumption such productions flourished in Lat 50° south

1976—1977 Wood

1978—1979 — Partly same specimen

1980 A superior surface of lava cellular (in many cases far more so)

1981 D common highly sonorous l. (with olivine) —

1982 B columnar (hexagon) l. (with olivine)

1983 B C calcareous matter filling up intervals of above l.

1984 G do with white crystals

1986 K do greyer, rather coarser with very many do crystals; summit of high land — April 29^th [1834]

1987 M — do — cellular

1988 L Pale grey lava with few crystals — (often much laminated.) true (L) was thus: letter belonging to this lost:

1989 Q Dark heavy compact l. with grey spots

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x in jar Fine grained compact marl" exactly the same (1969) only tinge of green color

O is same as (H)

1990 P Essentially same [siliced] — alluvium fine grained substance as (1969) but of a green color

1991 R same as (1969) only more laminated & ferruginous

1992 H white aluminous substance (not effervesce) with minute extraneous particles — like mortar forming bands in such as (1969) sleeping place

1993 E Loosely agglutinated sand, with white & yellow bands beneath lava very common"

1994 Immense block — excessively numerous. May 1^st [1834] —
x This feldspathic rock is generally less ferruginous & less porphyritic, often w sometimes without any crystal

1995 Imm. — &c &c — May 1^st [1834]
Not always but frequently veined with quartz
Characteristic rocks of the Andes

1996 1997} Charact: specimens of 5 P. St. Julian Pebble —
"fallstone G & Wood B"
More or less porphyritic

Doubtless common rock of Andes in that parallel. —