From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
11 Feb [1857]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.145)
Summary:
Discusses a proposed expedition to Australia. Urges collecting and investigating productions of isolated islands. Recommends dredging the sea-bottom.
Mentions keeping Helix pomatia alive in sea-water.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project