Asks for whatever numbers, since 1845, of the Journal [of the Royal Geographical Society] he, as a Fellow, is entitled to receive gratis.
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Asks for whatever numbers, since 1845, of the Journal [of the Royal Geographical Society] he, as a Fellow, is entitled to receive gratis.
Asks for catalogue and latest number of the Journal [of the Royal Geographical Society].
Has followed correspondent’s useful suggestions of sources of information [on variation in domesticated animals in various regions of the globe].
Asks him to sound out [Mr Consul Brand?] about skinning some bird specimens for him.
Is much obliged and honoured by the Diploma of the Geographical Society of Vienna.
Formal request for F. Lutké’s charts of the Caroline Islands and any charts by Beechey of the Lagoon Islands [Ellice Islands] that the Society might possess.
Returns proof-sheets of an article he has reviewed for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. He will find it useful when he comes to describe the Cordilleras of Chile.
Returns proofs of J. O. French’s article ["Account of the province of La Rioja: S. America", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 381–406].
Gratified by Humboldt’s praise of Journal of researches [J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 502].
CD thinks report of a rock imbedded in an iceberg is remarkable; wants to write a note for the [Journal] about it. Asks for location of the sighting and a chart of the Antarctic Sea. [See "Rock seen on an iceberg", Collected papers 1: 137–9.]
Has much pleasure "in accepting the honour of being proposed as a member of the Council of the Geographical Society".
Enclosed MS by Lieut. W. Christopher misrepresents CD’s views. Contains errors in zoology.
Discusses JJ’s proposed review of his volume [Coral reefs].
George Suttor’s paper not worthy of publication in the Journal of the society. It contains no new facts worth insertion.
Thanks Jackson for putting him on list for Council of Geographical Society, but he is unable to serve.
Discusses a paper on the Rio Negro.
Orders five works on the Sandwich Islands from the Royal Geographical Society Library for his investigation of infanticide and population trends there.