To J. S. Henslow   [c. 26 October –] 24 November [1832]

Summary

A French collector [Alcide d’Orbigny] has been at the Rio Negro and will probably have "taken the cream". CD’s luck with fossil bones, among them a large extinct armadillo-like animal. Describes some birds, toads, Crustacea, and other marine specimens. Nearly all plants flowering at Bahia Blanca were collected. Is sending two large casks of fossil bones by packet.

Letter details

Record number

DCP-LETT-192

From

Charles Robert Darwin

To

John Stevens Henslow

Date

[c. 26 Oct –] 24 Nov [1832]

Sent from

Montevideo

Source of text

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 14 DAR/1/1/14)

Physical description

4pp †

Contributor

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 1.

• Darwin, C. R.
• Henslow, J. S.