From:
Andrew Smith
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Mar 1839
Source of text:
DAR 204: 172
Summary:
Sends his congratulations and best wishes on CD’s marriage.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Sends his congratulations and best wishes on CD’s marriage.
Note of thanks to JH for interceding on AS's behalf.
Tells JH about artifact exhibition AS has set up, and about preparation for publication of some astronomical observations.
More about lack of success of exhibition, and about publication of observations [see AS's 1837-8-27].
Note accompanying one of AS's publications on South African zoology.
Declines an invitation to visit JH; comments on political situation in South Africa.
Prospects good for crossing Kalahari Desert and visiting Musalacatzie [Moselekatse], 'dreaded tyrant of the interior.' Heard reports of extraordinary animals and great inland lake. Describes planned itinerary and John Barrow's observations.