My dear Lyell

Perhaps you would like to see the final result of the comparison of the Lochaber & Galashiels Terraces, (the latter measured by M^r Kemp):² it is wonderful.— The upper Glen Roy terraces have been levelled by M^r Stevenson from a lower one, measured by M^r Chambers, & I am quite prepared to believe from my rude measurements that he is accurate & Macculloch quite wrong. There can, I think, then be no “cooking” of results & it is wonderful.

I would have sent Chambers’ last letter, but I thought you w^d not have thought it worth the trouble of returning. His last letter is rather flippant & presumptuous: I told him that you, as well as I thought the ice-lake theory worth considering. He answers me that it is a dream & as probable as that Julius Cæsar instituted trial by Jury.

I have heard from M^r Maclaren,³ who says that as he had not inserted any abstract of M^r Milne’s paper,⁴ my discussion would be unintelligible to his Readers,⁵ but that Jameson would insert it in the Philosph. Journal;⁶ I have, however, written to Jameson to beg him to destroy it.

Thanks for your Casteroides paper⁷ wh. shall be returned with Miller.⁸ We have the house full of relatives

Ever yours | C. Darwin Final measurements⁹ Lochaber Tweed–measured by M^r Kemp Glen Gluoy —1202 1203 & Kilfinnin Upper Glen Roy—1170 none Middle Glen Roy—1090 1087 Lower Glen Gluoy— 989 987 Lower Glen Roy 877$\frac{1}{2}$ 877. & the Spean