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highest lava cliffs; resembled those at Port Desire, but were on a smaller scale; They would not have been sufficient to have covered more than the bones of a man. 1 Pencil note in margin: 'Character of upper plain altered'. 2 See watercolour by Conrad Martens sold to CD as 'River Santa Cruz' for 3 guineas in Sydney on 21 January 1836 (CM No. 193, Beagle Record p. 201), which shows the line of men hauling the boats, and the Cordillera of the Andes in the distance. 4th The Captain determined to

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these things must rankle long in the minds of men who live the uniform retired life such as the inhabitants of Chiloe. 22nd We were becalmed off Valparaiso; we made but an indifferent passage; we enjoyed however the very unusual novelty to us of seeing several vessels speaking two of them; it is always interesting to see ships, like great animals of the sea, come up reconnoitre each other. 23rd 31st Late in the night the Beagle Adventure came to an anchor. When morning came everything appeared

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view a great but unavoidable evil. Only one good has resulted, that necessarily the perfecting of the former survey in Tierra del Fuego is given up the Voyage has become more definite in its length. Mr Martens, the artist has been obliged from want of room to leave the Beagle. 1 In a letter to Caroline Darwin CD wrote: 'I have been unwell in bed for the last fortnight, am now only able to sit up for a short time. As I want occupation I will try fill this letter. Returning from my excursion into

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the Whaler does not appear to have been so very bad; but their remedy, probably from ignorance of the dangers, has been a most desperately perilous one. I am very glad the Beagle has been the means of saving their lives. Considering what they have undergone, I think they have kept a very good tally of the time; they making this day to be the 24th instead of the 28th. 29th Ran along the Coast till we came to an anchor at Yuche Island, a little to the North of the Peninsula of Tres Montes. [Ynche

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During our absence, a French Whaler bore down on the Beagle here we found her Captain on board. He had lately been at anchor when two other great ships; one of which was commanded by our old friend Le Dilly, who was wrecked in the Falklands. So that the French government are not tired of their expensive school to make Sailors. 7th We ran on during the night. The French ship most pertinaciously followed us; she supposed we were making for some Harbor; a harbor on this lee-shore is a prize which

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island, united to overflow the low ground near the village, Santa Maria was upheaved nine feet. It appeared that the southern extreme of the island was raised eight feet, the middle nine, and the northern end upwards of ten feet. The Beagle visited this island twice at the end of March and in the beginning of April: at her first visit it was concluded, from the visible evidence of dead [page] 303 CONCEPCION MARCH 183

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infection. It remains possible, nevertheless, that he had already been infected six months earlier, as discussed under footnote 1 for 27 September 1834 (p. 263). 2 Since the Beagle did not reach Iquique until 12 July 1835, this passage must actually have been written about three and a half months after the events described. 27th We rode on to Mendoza; the country was beautifully cultivated resembled Chili. From the number of houses it was almost one straggling village; the whole is celebrated for its

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the point of [a] range of hills which abuts on an extensive plain, precisely in the same manner as a headland in the sea. 14th Over the plain Traversia we had to cross to the port of Coquimbo. We found the Beagle in the little harbor of Herradura a league to the South. All hands were living on shore under tents; the ship undergoing a thorough refit before the long passage of the Pacifick. 15th I staid one day on board on the 16th hired |570| with Capt. FitzRoy lodgings in the city of Coquimbo

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some sterile plains hills. At present, from the river reaching the sea they enjoy the advantage of fresh water within a mile a half. On the beach there were large piles of merchandize the little place had an air of bustle activity. I found the Beagle had arrived on the 3rd. Capt. FitzRoy was not on board: at Valparaiso he joined the Blonde to assist as Pilot in taking off the coast of Chili, South of Concepcion, the crew of H.M.S. Challenger, which had there been wrecked. 1 I felt very glad to be

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Beagle was moved into St Stephens harbor. We found there an American Whaler we previously had seen two at Hoods Island. |605| The Bay swarmed with animals; Fish, Shark Turtles were popping their heads up in all parts. Fishing lines were soon put overboard great numbers of fine fish 2 even 3 ft long were caught. This sport makes all hands very merry; loud laughter the heavy flapping of the fish are heard on every side. After dinner a party went on shore to try to catch Tortoises, but were

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from Sydney, fifteen beds could be made up for travellers. 18th Very early in the morning I walked about three miles to see Govett's Leap; a view of a similar, but even perhaps more stupendous character than that of the Weatherboard. So early in the day the gulf was filled with a thin blue haze, which, although destroying the general effect, added to the apparent depth of the forest below, from the country on which we stood. Mr Martens who was formerly in the Beagle now resides in Sydney, has made

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many bays was mapped with clearness before us. After staying some hours on the summit we found a better way to descend, but did not reach the Beagle till eight oclock, after a severe day's work. 12th 15th I had been introduced [to] Mr Frankland, the Surveyor General, during these days I was much in his Society. He took me two very pleasant rides I passed at his house the most agreeable evening since leaving England. There appears to be a good deal of Society here: I heard of a Fancy Ball, at

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The Beagle stood over to the Northern Isd, distant about 12 miles. This likewise is a small Lagoon Isd, but its centre is nearly filled up: the entrance is not deep enough even for a boat to enter. The plan being completed; in the evening a course was taken for the Isle of France. 1 In Journal of Researches pp. 554 69, a detailed account follows of CD's theory of the formation of coral reefs. His ideas on this subject appear to have been first thought out while he was on the west coast of

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letter to Henslow of 9 July, Correspondence 1: 500. 16th Returned to Simon's bay; the bad weather having set in caused our stay to be rather longer here than usual. 17th Took a long walk with Mr Sullivan to examine several interesting features in the geology of the surrounding mountains. 18th In the afternoon put to sea; our usual ill fortune followed us; first with a gale of wind, then with scarcely any wind at all. 29th The Beagle crossed the Tropic of Capricorn for the sixth last time. We were

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parts. 14th I so much enjoyed my rambles amongst the rocks mountains, that I almost felt sorry on the morning of the 14th, to descend to the town. Before noon I was on board, the Beagle made sail for Ascension. 19th Reached the anchorage in the afternoon, received some letters. This alone with such a surrounding scene, was capable of producing pleasant sensations. Those who have beheld a volcanic Island, situated within an arid climate, |747| will be able at once to picture to themselves the aspect

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collection had been made on any one island, it would not have presented so perfect a gradation. It is clear, that if several islands have each their peculiar species of the same genera, when these are placed together, they will have a wide range of character. But there is not space in this work, to enter on this curious subject.' See Journal of Researches pp. 474 5. FitzRoy's ideas had also changed between the return of the Beagle and publication of the Narrative, since following his marriage he had

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plants under domestication. 2 vols. London 1868. VI Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle', together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the 'Beagle', under the command of Capt. FitzRoy, R. N. during the years 1832 to 1836. London 1844. Zoology The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R. N., during the years

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Charles Darwin's marginalia [page i] Key to symbols used in Part one INDEX SUFFIX with the title: a CUL book located at Cambridge University Library CUL.1900 book donated to CUL in 1900: full list in Cambridge University Reporter 15 June 1900 pp. 1079-80; we have included only those annotated. Down book located at Down House, Kent (other locations are in Cambridge unless otherwise stated) B book known to have been on board Beagle pre-B book owned prior to Beagle voyage but not known on board S

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volume of the Correspondence the list of books Darwin had with him on board the Beagle. In the early stages my research was funded by the British Academy and later by the Royal Society, for whose support I am duly grateful. The work took us to Down House, where we greatly appreciated the homely efficiency of Philip Titheradge. It is also a pleasure to thank the staff of the University Library, particularly Janice Fairholm of the West Room, and Arthur Owen for granting special privileges of access

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similarly definitive edition of his theoretical notebooks (hereinafter referred to as Notebooks (Barrett, Gautrey, Herbert, Kohn Smith, 1987)). It will take historians a long time fully to assimilate all this new material into their understanding of Darwin and the milieu in which he worked. Nevertheless, there is now a clear consensus that he became an evolutionist ('transmutationist' being the word he would have used) in the spring of 1837, within six months of his return from the voyage of the Beagle

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subsidence Cse') (partly explaining the imperfection of the record) and thence to to the importance of geology generally Cgeo'). It was probably geology that during the Beagle voyage had alerted CD to questions of distribution, through which he was able to connect geology with his early training in zoology (see [page] xxvi

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Koren Zoologi: Gephyrea 1881 Dareste Monstruosités 1877 Darwin, Charles translations of his works various Darwin, C. Zoology of the Beagle voyage 1840-42 182 Darwin, Erasmus The botanic garden 1791 183 Darwin, E. The botanic garden part 2 vol. 2 1789 184 Darwin, E. Phytologia 1800 Darwin, E. Temple of nature 1803 185 Darwin, E. Zoonomia 1794-96 Darwin, Robert Waring Ocular spectra 1786 187 Darwin, R.W. Principia botanica 1810 Daubeny Volcanos 1826 Daubrée Roches cristallines 1860 188 Dawkins Cave

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Fig. 3. In order to date this essay and to establish its significance, it is necessary to review Darwin's manuscript record concerning St Helena. When H.M.S. Beagle visited St Helena in July 1836, Darwin took the opportunity to make a detailed examination of its geology, recording his observations in Down House notebooks 1.3 and 1.6. Aboard ship Darwin wrote up his personal diary, which is also today preserved at Down House, and sorted out his geological specimens, which are listed as numbers

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following blister-like elevation, or by postulating that the central part of the island had been destroyed by volcanic explosion. In my opinion, knowing that Darwin began work on the theory on almost the same date that he made his notes on the model of St Helena, we may identify all the Eyehorn 1837-watermarked manuscripts itemized above, and possibly also the annotations to the Beagle notes on St Helena, together with the essay at the start of the St Helena Model notebook, as Darwin's

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reference to Lyell (1840). Darwin was reading this work in manuscript in September 1838 (see Correspondence 2: 107n8). Lyell (1837,2: 175) 'According to Von Buch, the American volcanic rocks contain generally less albite instead of common felspar as a principal ingredient (Poggendorf's Annalen, 1836, p. 190).' Earle, Augustus (1793-1838). Artist and traveller. Artist in the Beagle, 1831-2. Hackforth-Jones (1980). Augustus Earle spent nine months on Tristan da Cunha in 1824 (see note 107). Darwin