Asks to call on RC.
Asks to call on RC.
Has letter from CD asking for copy of DM-H’s paper ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber" (1847), Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418]. RC still has suspicions and looks forward to further testing of Glen Roy mystery.
Comments on David Milne’s paper ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber" (1847), Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418]. CD still believes in marine origin. Rejects barrier of detritus at mouth of Glen Roy. If roads were formed by lake, it must have been ice-lake.
Comments on evidence of glaciers and icebergs in North Wales. Thinks pass caused by tidal channel, not river. Suggests that RC make altitude measurements at various points.
Supposition that glaciers made Glen Roy is a dream. Has received three letters from CD on river terraces. Reports on trip to terraces at Belleville. Comparison with Glen Roy.
Thanks for WK’s letter of the 27th. RC has examined the country between Melrose and Kelso.
Thanks for information about Yarrow terraces. Does not think WK’s objections to the lake theory of Upper Tweeddale insurmountable.
Requests the measurements of WK’s Eildon Terraces be sent to RC at the BAAS meeting at Oxford.
Thanks for the measurements of WK’s Eildon Terraces, but would like the measurements of the beaches below No 9 more precisely.
Thanks for the measurements of the intermediate Eildon terraces.
Asks WK to send the new measurements of the Eildon terraces. RC has found terraces in Fife.
The Glenroy terraces match WK’s measurements of the terraces on the Tweed.
Would like to spend the following Tuesday reviewing the Eildon terraces with WK.
Wants WK to undertake a new survey of the hill.
Has found a fine terrace at Middleton Moor.
The measurements differ to a startling degree. Asks WK to engage the professional surveyor at Melrose to survey the heights again.
The surveyor’s report has left RC even more puzzled and he may have to give up the Eildons altogether.
Has discovered Mr Mitchell’s assistant added in 28′ erroneously, but that still leaves anomalies.
The measurements are looking better, but he would still like more checks made.
Has now authoratative datum for height of Hawick Railway above the sea.