From:
Ada Byron
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 Nov 1834
Source of text:
MSBY 2 / 42, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
No summary available.
CD has recovered from his illness.
Fatigue and depression had almost decided Captain FitzRoy to turn over his command, but he was dissuaded.
Beagle will now go no further south than Cape Tres Montes and will finish survey in five months.
CD experiences his first earthquake.
Sends two boxes of specimens and part of his "hum-drum letter-like" journal.
Hears that JH has arrived safely at the Cape and discovered two new planets already. Will shortly receive Niccolo Cacciatore. The shape of Etna has changed. His own brothers are away at the moment.