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.
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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.
Asks to call on RC.
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.
Congratulates RC on his work on Scottish sea-margins [Ancient sea-margins (1848)].
Discusses Glen Roy; Milne staggered him in favour of the glacier view, but now his opinion has reverted.
Thanks RC for "Ice and water" [in RC’s Edinburgh papers (1861)].
Comments on problem of scientific accuracy.
Discusses views of Thomas Davidson on the genealogy of brachiopods.