As I forget whether "Cambridge" is sufficient address, I will send this
through Asa Gray.



(PLATE: CHARLES LYELL. Engraved by G.I. (J). Stodart from a photograph.)


CHAPTER 2.IX. GEOLOGY, 1840-1882.

I. Vulcanicity and Earth-movements.--II. Ice-action.--III. The Parallel
Roads of Glen Roy.--IV. Coral Reefs, Fossil and Recent.--V. Cleavage and
Foliation.--VI. Age of the World.--VII. Geological Action of Earthworms.
--VIII. Miscellaneous.


2.IX.I. VULCANICITY AND EARTH-MOVEMENTS, 1840-1881.


LETTER 479. TO DAVID MILNE.
12, Upper Gower Street, Thursday [March] 20th [1840].

I much regret that I am unable to give you any information of the kind you
desire. You must have misunderstood Mr. Lyell concerning the object of my
paper. (479/1. "On the Connexion of certain Volcanic Phenomena, and on
the Formation of Mountain-chains and the Effects of Continental
Elevations." "Trans. Geol. Soc." Volume V., 1840, pages 601-32 [March 7th,
1838].) It is an account of the shock of February, 1835, in Chile, which
is particularly interesting, as it ties most closely together volcanic