Comments on DM’s ["Drift deposits of west of England", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 35 (1879): 425–55].
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Comments on DM’s ["Drift deposits of west of England", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 35 (1879): 425–55].
DM may show CD’s letter [to the Royal Society].
Pleased that his old paper should have stimulated DM to such excellent work.
Comments on DM’s ["The Moel-Tryfan shelly deposits", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 37 (1881): 351–69].
Comments on cause of earthquakes.
Believes formation of ice lowered level of sea.
The recipient is thanked for his "interesting letter".
CD sends an article received from [James Geikie?]. "You will see that it is important to know whether the laminae of slate have ever been bent up-hill."
Comments on James Geikie’s ["Intercrossing of erratics", Scottish Naturalist 6 (1882): 193–200, 241–54]. Believes JG underrates importance of floating ice in explaining drift deposits.
Comments on origin of life and natural theology.
Recommends William Graham’s The creed of science [1881].