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Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes Specimen Lists from H.M.S. Beagle This transcription of notes made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle records his observations on the animals and plants that he encountered, and provides a valuable insight into the intellectual development of one of our most influential scientists. Darwin drew on many of these notes for his well known Journal of Researches (1839), but the great majority have remained unpublished. The volume provides numerous
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Darwin, C. R. 1971. A letter of Charles Darwin about preparations for the voyage of the Beagle, 1831. [Philadelphia]: Friends of the Library, American Philosophical Society. Stinehour Press and the Meriden Gravure Company.
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ter, the Life Guards were quite magnificent, but the crowd displayed so little enthusiasm that he doubted there would be a coronation fifty years hence. On September 11 he and FitzRoy went down to Plymouth, where Darwin had his first look at the Beagle. Amid these preparations, Darwin did not forget to write his friend Whitley at Barmouth. The letter is dated Friday Evening, that is, September 9. Though it adds little to the familiar story of Darwin's decision, it reveals by the number and
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harbour. Beagle Channel. + 938. Hornblende-rock, with green mineral. + 939. Hornblende-rock, with felspar. + 940. Hornblendic greenstone, alternating with… + 941. Slate, altered, semi-sonorous, harsh. These four specimens from about 6 miles east of entrance into Ponsonby Sound, within Beagle Channel. + 942. Compact dark-blue slate, conchoidal fracture. + 943. Greenstone, part of dyke. + 944. Felspathic rock, easily fusible; slate (942) altered by junction with last specimen. These three rocks at east
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Introduction Charles Darwin, referred to hereafter as CD, arrived in Plymouth on 24 October 1831 in order to accompany Captain Robert FitzRoy on H.M.S. Beagle as a scientist and companion. As he noted in his private journal1, the ship was 'in a state of bustle and confusion'. The carpenters were hard at work fitting up the drawers in the poop cabin, but the corner assigned to him, where for the next five years he was destined to work at his microscope and write his notes, looked too small to
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-227. 17 Beagle Diary pp. 22-7. 18 Autobiography p. 159. 19 Correspondence 6:514. 20 Autobiography p. 119. 21 Beagle Diary p. 21, and letter from John Coldstream of 13 September 1831 in Correspondence 1:151-3. 22 In the Zoology Notes the supply of paper with a red marginal line seems to have been exhausted at CD P. 315. 23 Autobiography pp. 77-8. 24 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 44:i-xxv (1888). 25 This instrument, manufactured by Bancks Son of 119 New Bond Street, had been
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Acknowledgements I am grateful to George Pember Darwin for permission to publish Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes, the lists of Specimens collected by him during the voyage of HMS Beagle, 1831-1836, and the portrait painted by George Richmond in 1840. I also thank the Syndics of the Cambridge University Library for making available MSS DAR 30 and 31 of the Zoology Notes and other papers, English Heritage for making available the Beagle Specimen Lists at Down House, the Cambridge University
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2 According to CD, the Beagle had sailed over 5° northwards during the night! The table of compass variations during the voyage that appears in Narrative, Appendix to Vol. II, pp. 86-8, gives the Latitude on 27th March as 17°54 . 3 Identified by Porter (1987) in Plant Notes pp. 212-14 as a blue-green alga Oscillatoria erythraea (Ehrenberg) Kützing. 4 Edward Main Chaffers was Master of the Beagle. 5 Robert Brown (1773-1858) was a botanist and microscopist who discovered Brownian motion. 6 See
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pages are all headed 15 August, but this was the date when they were written, for the Beagle had actually reached Monte Video on 26 July, in scenes of some confusion (see Beagle Diary p. 85). 3 As described by CD in Beagle Diary pp. 85-6, the Mount was a hill 450 feet high overlooking the whole area which gave Monte Video its name. 4 Stylommatophora, land slug. [CD P. 71 continues with two entries about Planaria also dated 15 August that as before have been crossed through vertically] [page] 66
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) 872 S Shells. Hab: do. 873 C X Crust. Brac: above crimson purplish red . beneath do but paler [note opposite] Some of those caught by the Fuegians were a yard wide from tip to tip of legs. 874 Flustra (with Capsules) V 219 [Schizoporella hyalina, var (= Escharina brongniartiana D'Orb.), Beania magellicana Busk, Tubulipora organisans D'Orb. SFH] * 875 Various encrusting Corallines. East Entrance of Beagle Ch: 10 Fathoms. leaves roots of Fucus 876 F X Kelp. Fish. Beagle Channel [note opposite] Back
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excessively numerous, because both great herds of seal flocks of Tern appear to live on them: Above light purplish black; mouth, joints, rings of abdomen all thin places, fine pinkish red: Anna Pinks Harbor. Jan 4th. [see Beagle Diary p. 277] * 1835 Jan: Chonos Archipel 1128 S Tubinicell from Whale (Spermacetti?) Lat 44°30 . 1129 C Crustace from do. do. between the Balanid . 1130 Two Echini. P. Tres Montes 1131: S 32. Balanid V 3051133 Nereidous animals, from centre of shell of Concholepas
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Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.
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Darwin's Beagle Library [page i] NEUMAN AND BARETTI'S DICTIONARY OF THE SPANISH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES; WHEREIN THE WORDS ARE CORRECTLY EXPLAINED, AGREEABLY TO THEIR DIFFERENT MEANINGS, AND A GREAT VARIETY OF TERMS, RELATING TO THE ARTS, SCIENCES, MANUFACTURES, MERCHANDISE, NAVIGATION, AND TRADE, ELUCIDATED. SECOND AMERICAN, FROM THE FOURTH LONDON EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED, AND ENLARGED BY THE ADDITION OF MANY THOUSAND WORDS EXTRACTED FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE MOST CLASSICAL SPANISH AND ENGLISH
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even in England: the poor people formerly used to burn a plant which grows on the coast rocks, export soda; a peremptory order came out to prohibit this practice, giving as a reason, that the Partridges would have no where to build!' Beagle diary, pp. 429-30. 2 William Doveton (1753-1843), magistrate and judge. Napoleon famously died after a picnic at Doveton's house in 1820. [page 86b
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returned to his tribe on Navarin Island. 6 See Beagle Diary pp. 121-2. 7 Mount Edgecombe is an estate in Cornwall overlooking Plymouth Sound. 8 See Plant Notes pp. 167, 170, and Beagle Diary p. 129. 9 For an identification of the species of plants involved in formation of the peat see Plant Notes pp. 164-70. 10 See Narrative 1:134 for Capt. King's account of humming birds seen at Port San Antonio on the Straits of Magellan in the middle of April 1828 shortly before the winter had set in. 11 CD is here
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, which describes the manner in which a puma hunts his prey ( Beagle Diary p. 259). 3 See Beagle Diary p. 195. 4 See T. Falkner A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America . . . Hereford, 1774. Copy in Beagle library. 5 In a modern atlas the lake in the Andes from which the Rio Negro arises is spelt Nahuel. [page] 185 PROVINCE OF BUENOS AYRES DECEMBER 183
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1831 October 29th that they could not move. They had been making merry after Neptune's revels. 30th Dined at one oclock with the Mids after that had a sail, landed at Millbrook. Stokes, Musters myself then took a long scrambling walk. Monday 31st Went with Mr Stokes to Plymouth staid with him whilst he prepared the astronomical house belonging to the Beagle for observations on the dipping needle. The gardens belonging to the Athaeneum were fixed upon as being a place well known easily
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Salina are curious I returned highly satisfied with my ride. — 9th Some months ago the government of B: Ayres sent out an army, under the command of General Rosas to exterminate the Indians. — They are now encamped on the Rio Colorado, in consequence the country is now very tolerably safe from Indians. — the only danger is meeting with a few stragglers; but a week since a man lost his whole troop of mares but it was on the Southern shore of the river. — As the Beagle intended to touch at Bahia
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1833 Septemb August 19th I was anxious to see if the Beagle was in the mouth of the Bay. — The Commandante lent me a soldier as guide two horses; on the road we picked up two more; yet they were all such miserable horses, that one was left behind the three others could hardly reach Anchor Stock hill, a distance of about 25 miles, where the Ship waters. My guide two months ago had a wonderful escape, he was out hunting with two companions, only a few leagues from the fort. — when a party of
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1834 Jan 4th the night as is now supposed, on the same rock, — the summit is so small that the next day it could not be found by any efforts. — On both occasions the Beagle has received no essential damage; for the which all in her ought to be grateful. — At night we anchored off the coast. — 5th to 9th During these days we surveyed the coast at night either anchored or stood out to sea. There are many rocks breakers lying some way from the land a ship ought not to come near them. The table
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1834 Feb. 27th The weather was very bad: we left Wollaston Island ran through Goree roads anchored at the NE end of Navarin Island. 28th This not being found a good place, the ship was moved to within the East end of the Beagle Channel was moored by a beautiful little cove, with her stern not 100 yards from the mountains side. We passed this way last year in the boats. — March 1st All hands employed in getting in a stock of wood water. There were three canoes full of Fuegians in this bay, who
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evil. — Only one good has resulted, that necessarily the perfecting of the former survey in the 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. — November 10th The Beagle made sail for Chiloe. 21st Arrived in the harbor of S. Carlos. Considering the time of year, with almost constant Southerly winds, [page] 491 Chilo
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the high road to St Jago, crossing the Cuesta of Chacabuco reached at night the village of Colina. From this day till I reached Valparaiso, I was not very well saw nothing admired nothing. 10th We reached St Jago by the middle of the day, having been absent 24 days, being well repaid for my trouble. 15th Started for Valparaiso, was two days a half on the road endeavouring to geologize. — 17th At Valparaiso I lived with my good friend Mr Corfield. — On the 23rd the Beagle called off the port. — I
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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. Fitz Roy 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. — I felt very glad to be again on board the Beagle. — In the evening I gave my adios with a hearty goodwill to my
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was inhabited by Indians. — I do not think there is any place which the Beagle has visited, of which I have seen so little; so I will write no more. — September 6th The little schooner Constitution in which Mr Sulivan surveyed North coast of Chili has been bought of the Capt. for Government. — Mrs Usborne Forsyth are left in her to survey the coast of Peru afterwards return in a merchant vessel to England. 7th 15th The Beagle sailed for the Galapagos: on the 15th we were she was employed in
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1836 Feb 11th of about the same height rounded elevation tame outline as the one we were standing on on which we stood. To the South the intricate outline of the broken land water forming 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. (9) 12th — 15th I had been introduced [to] Mr Frankland, the Surveyor General, during these days I was much in
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discover what his authority was for this statement with respect to the bladder of the frog, for it does not appear to be his favourite the Dic: Class:, nor any other book in the Beagle library. But it might have been added after his his return to England. 3 Benjamin Bynoe was the Acting Surgeon on the Beagle. 4 CD very often commented on the gastronomic quality of the flesh of the animals that he encountered, and in his journal he wrote (see Beagle Diary p. 362): 'The Breast-plate with the meat
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. . . translated into English by Henrietta Maria Williams. 7 vols. London 1814-29. In Beagle Library. 3 See pp. 66-8 for CD's observations at the Abrolhos Shoals in March 1832. 4 See Philip Parker King. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. 2 vols. London, 1827. In Beagle Library. 5 See John Hawkesworth. An account of the voyages . . . performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook . . . drawn from the journals which were kept by the
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-Wallace papers at the Linnean Society on 1 July 1858, disapproved of what he heard, and wrote in his annual presidential report that the year had not 'been marked by any of those striking discoveries which at once revolutionize, so to speak, the department of science on which they bear'! A collection of CD's Beagle invertebrates stored in spirits was presented to the Zoology Museum of Cambridge University in 1870 by Francis Darwin, and was catalogued by S. F. Harmer in 1901. Harmer's identifications
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] ovules free (!) in water scarlet red : also an encrusting, cream- coloured Sigillina. structure of animal ?. Hab: as above 847 F X Fish. Above greenish black: beneath yellowish white; sides iridescent where [cont. opposite] the dark back shades away. NB. Bough[t] of cleaned by the Fuegians. Kelp Fish. East entrance of Beagle Channel. 1834 Feb: Tierra del Fuego 848 F X Fish. Pectoral. Ventral. red orange: Anal Caudal. Dorsal blackish: back sides [cont. opposite] mottled reddish greenish
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. In Beagle library. 5 See Sharon Turner. The sacred history of the world . . . Vol. 1. London, 1832. In Beagle library. 6 See W. Arlett 'Survey of some of the Canary Islands and of part of the Western coast of Africa' J. Roy. Geog. Soc. Lond. 6:296-310, 1836. [page] 9 ST JAGO JANUARY 183
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:119-20 as Nothura perdicaria Gray. The partridge of La Plata is N. major. 2 John Edward Dring was Acting Purser on the Beagle at that time. 3 Listed in Zoology 3:114 as Colaptes Chilensis Vigors. 4 See Juan Ignacio Molina. Compendio de la historia geografica natural y civil del Reyno de Chile. Part 1. Madrid, 1794. The copy in the Beagle Library was acquired by CD in Valparaiso. 5 Listed in Zoology 3:61 as Mimus Thenca Gray. 6 Listed in Zoology 3:36-7 as Caprimulgus bifasciatus Gould. NHM 1855.12
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Specimens not in spirits Down House Notebook 63.4 C.Darwin H.M.S. Beagle 12 Upper Gower Street North Latitude 1832 Paper number in white 1 S Spirula Peronii. 6th Jan. off Santa Cruz. stomach of Larus fuscus. [in margin] Cabinet2 I Taken on board Jan. 10th, Lat. 21-2 [for specimens 2-5 see Insect Notes p. 45] 3 I Acrydium. owing to prevailing winds must have come from C. Blanco in Africa, 370 miles distant Jan. 13th V. Kirby Vol. 1, P 224 [see William Kirby and William Spence. An introduction
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entries. [31b] cut near the spine as a result of the excision of 29b-30b by a sharp knife. [43b] Sailed...September] added pencil. [44b] page written perpendicular to the spine. [45b] not only...period] in ink written perpendicular to the spine. [46b] page written perpendicular to spine. [51b] |Diameter...inches] added pencil. [52b] mon monoceros] added ink. [67b] Many...[country]] added heavy pencil. [68b] added heavy pencil. [The Beagle field notebook identifiers were re-set in January 2021 meaning
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Fitz Roy. The latter soon smoothed away all difficulties from that time to the present has taken the kindest interest in all my affairs. On Sunday 11th sailed by Steamer to Plymouth in order to see the Beagle. I returned to London on 18th. On Monday the 19th by mail to Cambridge, where after taking leave of Henslow on Wednesday night I got to St Albans so by the Wonder1 to Shrewsbury on Thursday 22d. I left home on October 2d [1831] for London, where I remained after many unexpected delays till
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. 8th In the morning, marked the time whilst Stokes took the altitude of the sun. Went on board the Beagle; she now begins for the first time to look clean well arranged. Was introduced to Cap Fitz Roys two brothers, who have come down from London to wish him farewell. 9th Walked to Plymouth with Caps Fitz Videl called on Mr Harris. 10th Assisted Cap. Fitz Roy at the Athaeneum in reading the various angles of the dipping needle, after that [page] 6 Devonpor
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obtain, is a knowledge of the exact point in the globe to which the needle points. The means of obtaining it is to take, under all different circumstances, a great number of observations, from them to find out the mean point. The operation is a very long delicate one. 12th Breakfasted with Col. Hamilton Smith spent some pleasant hours in talking on various branches of natural history. Took a walk to some very large Limestone quarries, returned home then went on board the Beagle. The men had
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with Capt Vidal. He has seen a great deal of the same sort of service that we are going to be employed on; he was eight years surveying the African coast during this time he buried 30 young officers; a boat never was sent up a river, without its causing the death of some of the party. 20th Went to Church heard a very stupid sermon, afterwards took a long walk in a very pictur[es]que country, between Mount Edgecombe Mill Brook. Monday 21st Carried all my books instruments on board the Beagle. In
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1831 Monday December 12th there enjoyed the sight of the sea lashing itself foaming on the rocks. There is no pleasure, equal to that which fine scenery exercise creates. It is to this I look forward to with more enthusiasm than any other part of our voyage. Dined with Sir Manley Dixon, a pleasant quiet party, or rather to speak more truly, I suspect very dull to every body but the Captain myself, for the Beagle was the chief subject of conversation, it is now the only one that at all
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hope excuse the total absence of sentiment which I experienced on leaving England. We joined the Beagle about 2 oclock outside the Breakwater, immediately with every sail filled by a light breeze we scudded away at the rate of 7 or 8 knots an hour. I was not sick that evening but went to bed early. [page 38 blank
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, when buckets of water on each side are ready to be dashed over him. After an hours walking the gauntlet, we at length reached the country there we were well determined to remain till it was dark. We did so, had some difficulty in finding the road back again, as we took care to coast along the outside of the town. To complete our ludicrous miseries a heavy shower wet us to the skins, at last gladly we reached the Beagle. It was the first time Wickham had been on shore, he vowed if he was here for
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1832 March 12th who has the glory of having exerted himself on the subject of slavery, may rely on it his labours are exerted against miseries perhaps even greater than he imagines. 13th Unable as yet to leave the ship. 14th Hired a boat went some miles up the harbour. I found some interesting geological appearances spent some pleasant hours in wandering on the beach. 15th The Beagle weighed anchor this morning proceeded to sound the bank, which runs out at the head of the bay. As it was
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[From page 124 the rectos are again uneven numbers.] 1832 March 16th rogues the young gentlemen are, is sufficient to astonish a shore-going fellow. About 9 oclock the Beagle came in anchored instead of sleeping on board the Samarang I went to my own hammock. It was a piece of high good luck that I remained on shore during the two days: the ship rolled pitched so much, that the greater part of the junior officers were sick. People in general are not at all aware what a lasting misery sea
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1832 April 3d This morning Cape Frio was in sight: it is a memorable spot to many in the Beagle, as being the scene of the disgraceful wreck of the Thetis. All day we ran along the coast in the evening drew near to the harbour of Rio. The whole line is irregularly mountainous, interspersed with hills of singular forms. The opening of the port is recognised by one of these, the well known Sugar-loaf. As it would be impossible to get a good anchorage or enjoy the view so late in the evening, the
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by some new wondrous creature. 7th Went on board spent the day there, in the evening brought with me a few things which I wanted before the departure of the Beagle. 8th Torrents of rain. I am at present chiefly collecting spiders. In the course of a few hours 26 rain fell. [page] 157 Rio de Janeir
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contemplation. The Captain called in the evening says the Beagle sails tomorrow. We also today heard the bad news that three of the party, who went up in the Cutter to Macucu for snipe shooting, are taken seriously ill with Fevers. There is reason to fear that others were to day beginning to feel the bad effects of their excursion. The first case occurred 4 days after the arrival [page] 158 Rio de Janeir
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appears to come on several days after returning into the pure atmosphere. I could quote numbers of such cases: is it the sudden change of life, the better more stimulating food, which determines the period?- Humboldt Bonpland, after living for months in the forests, as soon as they returned to the coast, both were seized by violent fevers. The Beagle made a very good passage up; being only 5 days, she passed a few miles inside of the Abrolhos. A French corvette sailed 8 days before promised our
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1832 June 12th oclock I went to the Admirals for a grand boat race. The first arriving of the launches, yawls, cutters other large boats, was an imposing sight. It immediately made one understand how powerful a flotilla of such boats would be in war. The racing was rather too long; especially as the Beagle did not come off quite so triumphantly as might have been wished for. The evening passed away pleasantly, by moonlight on the beach several foot races were got up between the officers the
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1832 June 14th Dined with Mr Aston; a very merry pleasant party; in the evening went with Mr Scott (the Attache) to hear a celebrated pianoforte player. He said Mozarts overtures were too easy. I suppose in the same proportion as the music which he played was too hard for me to enjoy. 15th Collected some beautiful Corallines on the rocks at Botofogo bay. Mr Earl does not return to his lodgings here, but remains in town till the Beagle sails. 16th Started early in the morning for Tijeuka to see
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magnificent specimen of the little once, which after five hours hunting, he had succeeded in shooting. 19th Spent the day between the city being on board. They are very busy in stowing provisions for sea. The ship looks in same inextricable confusion which she was in in Plymouth. The Warspite is making sweeps boarding netting for us. Our complement of men is increased. Mr Forsyth is removed from the Flag ship into the Beagle fills the place of poor little Musters. 20th, 21st 22d During these days have
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shouts of Viva St Juan . This is continued during the greater part of the night. I presume, not having had the luck to have had a gun-powder plot, the Brazilians thus celebrate an innocent saint. 24th Dined with Mr Cairns; as far as society goes the pleasantest evening since I left England. The Captain was there has announced that the Beagle will sail this day week. In the evening my little friend Signorita Theresa, whom I find is only 6 years old, gained universal admiration by her dancing
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1832 Sunday, July 1st as throwing good food overboard. After the Kings health God save the King the band played some beautiful music. It was no common pleasure to hear the Overture to Figaro, Semiramides, Il Barbiere. After so long a fast, the appetite for Music becomes very keen. Before I returned to the Beagle I saw all the hammocks carried down out of the nettings. it is said that this rush of the men surprised Napoleon more than anything else on an English ship. 2nd Walked to Botofogo
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