From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
18 July 1833
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 18 DAR/1/1/18)
Summary:
Fears JSH will think his collections scanty. Makes it a constant rule to prefer obscure and diminutive tribes of animals.
Now has a servant whom he has taught to skin birds, etc.
Lists four barrels of specimens he is sending.
Gives future route. He looks forward to the western coast of South America.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project