RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [geological diagrams, watercoloured, Chiloe]. CUL-DAR35.307-309. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, corrections by John van Wyhe 5.2011. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. 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.

This document is the continuation of the description of Chiloe, Dar35.288-304. See a map of Chiloe from Narrative 2. Darwin's time in Chiloé is described in the Beagle diary pp. 280-6.


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(E)

W
line of low water
Base of point
15°
S
line of low hillocks
40 40 40
12°
Reef
N
5° 10 10
Base of point
line of low water
anticlinal line
E
15°
Beach

NB. Proportions not considered

[separate sketch on right]

W E sea
Section of Hill where 40° dip is visible

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[sketch]

1 2 3

I. White friable soft aluminous stone on West side: II common alternations of sandstone & green slaty clay: III: strata on E side stained with ferruginous substance

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1 2

P. Huapacho

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