A817.1    Beagle Library:     Owen, William Fitz William. 1833. Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; performed in H.M. Ships Leven and Barracouta. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. Volume 1.   Text

for boats. The Portuguese population, exclusive of the military, was only twenty-five, but the coloured inhabitants were very numerous. My obliging and intelligent friend then informed me that the ceremony about taking place was on account of an annual visit paid by all the neighbouring chiefs and kings to the Governor; when they discussed affairs relative to their commerce, and stated their grievances. But our conversation was interrupted by the sounds of a kind of kettle-drum and loud

A817.2    Beagle Library:     Owen, William Fitz William. 1833. Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; performed in H.M. Ships Leven and Barracouta. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. Volume 2.   Text

, demanding at the same time the goods which he had given. If these are refused, he immediately sells her for a slave, to reimburse himself in part for his loss, the value of a free woman for a wife being far more than that of a slave. The former, if possessed of superior acquirements as a housewife, is considered equal to the following quantity of goods, which Jack Romando assured us he had paid for his best wife: two neptunes; one kettle; one brass pan; eleven iron bars; two muskets; two cutlasses

A894.2    Beagle Library:     Webster, William Henry Bayley. 1834. Narrative of a voyage to the southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. Volume 2.   Text

anything to do with. For a common shell on the beach they demanded a shilling. Captain Foster was desirous of purchasing a silver tea-kettle from an old woman, to which she assented, and four shillings per ounce was agreed on as the price. The tea-kettle was sent to be weighed, and the slave who had taken it on his return told the old lady it was worth a doubloon per ounce. The old lady thought so likewise, and at once refused the former price agreed on, which depended on the weight; and as she would

F10.2    Book:     FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn.   Text   Image   PDF

bulk would induce one to suppose: they are also rounder and smoother than those of white men. Their colour is a rich reddish-brown, between that of rusty iron and clean copper, rather darker than copper, yet not so dark as good old mahogany.* But every shade of colour between that just mentioned and the lighter hue of a copper kettle, may be seen among individuals of various ages. Excepting among old or sickly people, I did not notice a tinge of yellow: some of the women are lighter coloured about

CUL-DAR214.(0-157)    Draft:    1839.05.16   Emma Darwin's Recipe Book   Text   Image

See Page 8 Bottling Gooseberries in the Saddington manner, and all fruit. — Fill the bottles quite full with fruit, shaking them while you fill them; set them in a copper or kettle of water up to the necks, put them in sideways, taking care not to touch [Missing from the original are pages 22-23] [page] 2

A515    Review:     [Broderip, W. J.] 1839. [Review of] Narrative... [and] Journal of researches. Quarterly Review 65, no. 129 (December): 194-234.   Text   Image   PDF

quietly carrying a kettle to the fire near his wigwam. On landing, every thing was found wearing a fair aspect, and as nothing had occurred to damp the spirits of Matthews, a further trial was determined on: the yawl and one whale-boat were sent back to the Beagle, and Captain Fitz-Roy set out on a westward excursion, accompanied by Mr. Darwin and Mr. Hamond in the other two boats, his intention being to complete the exploration of Whale-boat Sound and the north-west arm of the Beagle Channel

A604    Review:     Lewes, George Henry. 1868. Mr. Darwin's hypotheses. Fortnightly Review n.s. 3 (April, June); 353-73, 611-28, 4 (July), (November): 61-80, 492-509.   Text   Image

substance of a Rhizopod is indeed simple as compared with that of higher organisms, but is complex as compared with anorganisms; and corresponding with this simplicity of structure there is simplicity of vital function.4 The properties of steam are exhibited by the kettle on the fire no less than by the gigantic engine which animates a manufactory: but the uses of steam (the functions of the engine) vary with the varying structure, and the applications of that structure to other structures

A604    Review:     Lewes, George Henry. 1868. Mr. Darwin's hypotheses. Fortnightly Review n.s. 3 (April, June); 353-73, 611-28, 4 (July), (November): 61-80, 492-509.   Text   Image

muscle. The tea-kettle might boil for ever without producing a steam-engine, or the actions of a steam-engine. That which is true of one function is true of all functions, and true of Life, which is the sum of vital activities. This has been a long digression, but it has laid a basis for our future exposition of several questions involved in the hypothesis of Natural Selection, more especially that aspect of it which has excited the most discussion, the derivation of all organic forms from a

F1950    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1871. [Two letters to C. Boner]. In Kettle, R. M. ed., Memoirs and letters of Charles Boner, author of "Chamois hunting in Bavaria," &c. London: Richard Bentley and son. vol. 1: 76-8.   Text   Image   PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1871. [Two letters to C. Boner]. In Kettle, R. M. ed. Memoirs and letters of Charles Boner, author of Chamois hunting in Bavaria, c. London: Richard Bentley and son. Volume 1: 76-8. [page] 76 MEMOIRS OF CHARLES BONER. Mr. Boner's1 intimate acquaintance with the habits of the wild creatures of the forest enabled him to be of use to many learned naturalists, and he always imparted information with pleasure. In looking over his letters and papers nothing excites more surprise than

F1552.1    Book:     Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1904. Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Cambridge: University Press printed. Volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF

till the right minute to order in the tea-kettle. He puts Jane [his mother] and Eliza something beside their patience, so it is well that he will have an establishment of his own, and arrange his meals according to his own fancy. This is exactly as I remember him 40 years later. He died over 86 years of age, having spent a long life largely occupied in taking care of his health, for he remained an invalid. He had a kindly simple nature, and, like his father, was devoted to flowers and gardening

A482    Periodical contribution:     Fabre, Henri. 1913. My relations with Darwin. The Fortnightly Review n.s. 94: 661-675.   Text   Image

tying a kettle to its tail. The experiment with the magnet is impracticable. What would it tell us if the animal consented to it? In my opinion, it would tell us nothing. In the matter of the return to the nest, a magnet would have no more influence than a bit of straw. Henri Fabre. vol. xciv. n.8

A283    Pamphlet:     Darwin, Francis. 1920. The story of a childhood. Edinburgh: Privately printed.   Text   Image

brass curtain-rods. B., dressed in Ellen's ancient red gymnastic knickerbockers, beating a drum (in place of a tambourine) and dancing about in the character of Morgiana, was lovely. The same drum served as a measure for the gold, and as the kettle of hot oil. B. never got the Skinners to say a word, and this was his chief trouble. Although it was broad daylight they had a lighted stable lantern hung from a beam; also a bull's-eye lamp (with no oil in it) hung by a rope, in which they caught

F1571    Book:     Barlow, Nora ed. 1945. Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle. London: Pilot Press.   Text   Image   PDF

respect as pleasant as possible. I take my bed a kettle, a pot, a plate basin. We buy food cook for ourselves, always bivouacing in the open air, at some little distance from the house where we buy corn or grass for the horses. It is impossible to sleep in the houses on account of the fleas. Before I was fully aware of this, I have risen in the morning with my whole shirt punctured with little spots of blood; the skin of my body is quite freckled with their bites. I never formerly had any idea what a

F167c    Book:     Keynes, Richard Darwin ed. 1979. The Beagle record. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image   PDF

in this respect as pleasant as possible. I take my bed a kettle, a pot, a plate basin. We buy food cook for ourselves, always bivoucing in the open air, at some little distance from the house, where we buy Corn or grass for the horses. It is impossible to sleep in the[page