The Cruise of the Betsey

Hugh Miller, self-taught Scottish geologist and writer (1802-1856)

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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- PART I. THE CRUISE OF THE BETSEY

-04- CHAPTER I. RECENT AND ANCIENT MONSTROSITIES

-05- CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER'S LARDER

-06- CHAPTER III. STRUCTURE OF THE SCUIR

-07- CHAPTER IV. THE CHAIN OF CROSSES

-08- CHAPTER V. TRAP-DYKES

-09- CHAPTER VI. SOMETHING FOR NON-GEOLOGISTS

-10- CHAPTER VII. EXPLORATION RESUMED

-11- CHAPTER VIII. GEOLOGY OF RUM

-12- CHAPTER IX. KYLES OF SKYE

-13- CHAPTER X. ISLE ORNSAY

-14- CHAPTER XI. ICHTHYOLITE BEDS

-15- CHAPTER XII. ICHTHYOLITE BEDS OF CLUNE AND LETHENBARN

-16- CHAPTER XIII. SUPPLEMENTARY

-17- PART II. RAMBLES OF A GEOLOGIST

-18- CHAPTER I. EMBARKATION

-19- CHAPTER II. CHARACTER OF THE ROCKS NEAR GARDENSTONE

-20- CHAPTER III. FROM BLACKPOTS TO PORTSOY

-21- CHAPTER IV. YELLOW-HUED HOUSES OF ELGIN

-22- CHAPTER V. ROSEMARKIE AND ITS SCAURS

-23- CHAPTER VI. ORGANISMS OF THE BOULDER-CLAY NOT UNEQUIVOCAL

-24- CHAPTER VII. RELATION OF THE DEEP RED STONE OF CROMARTY TO THE ICHTHYOLITE BEDS OF THE SYSTEM

-25- CHAPTER VIII. IMAGINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE CLACH MALLOCH BOULDER

-26- CHAPTER IX. THE GREAT CONGLOMERATE

-27- CHAPTER X. RECOVERED HEALTH

-28- CHAPTER XI. THE BISHOP'S PALACE AT ORKNEY

-29- CHAPTER XII. HILLS OF ORKNEY

-30- CHAPTER XIII. DETACHED FOSSILS

-31- CHAPTER XIV. ON HORSEBACK—A PARED MOOR—SMALL LANDHOLDERS

-32- CHAPTER XV. THE DWARFIE STONE OF HOY