The Cruise of the Betsey

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