Is sorry JH did not inform him of the paper he was to read on the astronomical influence on climate. Would like an abstract when published. Would also like a copy of the verses on the great telescope. Encloses a paper of his own.
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Regrets not seeing CD before leaving on trip [to the U. S.]. CD’s move from London will be a privation for CL.
Returns charts on coral reefs.
Spoke to Henry Warburton, W. H. Fitton, and E. B. Greenough on CD’s idea of a Government grant for publication [not identified].
Will read at next meeting his paper on erect Nova Scotia fossil trees [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 4 (1843–5): 176–8].
E. P. Halstead reports on shores rising off Burma and Bay of Bengal.
Unpacking his U. S. fossils.
Phillips looked at beds below coal in Pennsylvania. Result is the usual different species found but with complete representation of forms.
Talks about British Museum business, including the purchase of fossils and the hiring of George R. Waterhouse.
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CD’s criticism of his book [Travels in North America (1845)].
Compares invertebrate animals of Tasmania and England.
Mentions views of C. J. F. Bunbury on climate of the Carboniferous period.
Robert Brown says Australian flora has the widest range.
When he received JH's request to give a lecture on American geology he did not treat it seriously. Now R. I. Murchison has made a similar request so thinks he could work up a popular lecture on the Mississippi Delta. Will keep off his old ground.
Asks when JH can receive CL and Edward Sabine at Collingwood, that they may explain to JH why R.S.L. Council desires JH to serve as president.
Ask JR to advise the Queen to issue Her Royal Commission of Inquiry into the best methods of securing the improvement of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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