From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
29 [Aug 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 16
Summary:
Encloses pamphlet from Ehrenberg who asks about deep-sea soundings from JDH’s voyage.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Encloses pamphlet from Ehrenberg who asks about deep-sea soundings from JDH’s voyage.
Thanks Horner for his letter [about Volcanic islands].
Discusses craters of elevation with respect to the views of Leopold von Buch and Élie de Beaumont. Compares Lyell’s views to those of continental geologists. Mentions reading A. D. d’Orbigny [Voyage dans l’Amérique méridionale (1835–47)].
Encloses note from Emma to Mrs Horner, inviting the Horners to visit Down.
Although the dying Francis Baily sleeps all day and has not eaten, he remains calmly alive.