RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1.1835. Geological diary: Huafo. CUL-DAR35.267. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/).
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, corrections and editing by John van Wyhe 5.2011. RN1
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Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
See the introduction to the Geological Diary by Gordon Chancellor.
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Huafo — Jan. 16th [1835]. —
Cliffs [blank] feet high: composed of blackish, fine grained, compact muddy sandstone: more forming aggregated than what is usual: very few layers of much flattened, grey hard-calcareo-sandstone concretion:
Bands of rock, with immense numbers of Turritellae: Some many also some [Fresus] & Venus, with concertine lines. Also Orthocentes. —
Specks of lignite: caverns
No pebbles: in E & W section small dip to East, on East side of Island. =
All SW end of Chiloe. Penbury with reefs of hard rocks:
267 verso
Inside of cavern the sky coated with very fine light
exportation of snow white salt in great quantities (1143 in bottle). —
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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