The family gardener reports on seeds he has gathered. RWD transmits the letter.
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The family gardener reports on seeds he has gathered. RWD transmits the letter.
Forwards list of questions from CD relating to GNS’s paper on Caldy [see 576].
Identifies Atriplex raised from seeds found by W. Kemp as A. angustifolia.
Requesting information about membership of the Geological Society of London.
Francis Beaufort has instructed ABB to order three copies of Coral Reefs.
Gives the height of Shrewsbury above sea-level.
Will forward recommendation of Edward Cresy to Edwin Chadwick, but thinks there will be no further need of engineers.
Discusses microscopic examination of rock specimens taken from Pampas deposit and from Chilean tuff. Says he finds organic remains only in the tuff.
Says tuff collected by CD in Pampas and Chile contains organic remains. Wants to examine specimens further and hopes for Government support in doing so.
Discusses the microscopic structure of rock samples from Chile and the Pampas. Describes organic remains found in the samples.
Has letter from CD asking for copy of DM-H’s paper ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber" (1847), Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418]. RC still has suspicions and looks forward to further testing of Glen Roy mystery.
Supposition that glaciers made Glen Roy is a dream. Has received three letters from CD on river terraces. Reports on trip to terraces at Belleville. Comparison with Glen Roy.
Discusses names and distributions of Pacific shells. [Lists by CD and Edward Forbes record names and ranges of shells collected by HC in the Galapagos.]
Valediction only of a letter stuck into a writing case.
Comments on the quality of the meat of the guanaco.
Describes the range of conditions under which the guanaco thrives and the ease with which it can be tamed.
Testimonial in behalf of JEG’s application for the position of keeper of the zoological department of the British Museum from which John George Children was about to resign.
Has been unwell.
Thanks TCE for his descriptions [of specimens for Birds]. Has already expended a high proportion of Government grant on birds, but if TCE thinks engravings are needed, he shall have them. He may keep the bones.
CD has become a father.
CD regrets inconvenience caused by his having Royal Geographical Society’s copy of Krusenstern’s Atlas [de l’océan Pacifique (1824–7)]. Locates Sulphur Island from it.
Presents the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the first number of the fourth part (now published) of the Zoology.