Properties, Description and Classifications of Soils; Coarse grained soils; Silt, Loess and Brickearth; Clay Soils; Soils of Cold Climates; Tropical and Subtropical Soils; Organic Soils:Peat; Engineering Behaviour of Rocks; Discontinuities in Rock Masses; Weathering of Rocks and Rock Masses; Description and Classification of Rocks and Rock Masses; Engineering Properties of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks; Engineering Properties of Arenaceous and Argillaceous Rocks; Carbonate and Evaporitic Rocks; Subsurface Water and Ground Conditions.