Darwin, C. R. to Whitley, C. T.
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He is "mad about Geology" and plans to ride through Wales in August with a few days at Barmouth.
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Some humorous gossip.
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Shrewsbury
Tuesday
My dear Whitley
My conscience smote me much on receiving your letter.— The reason I did not write sooner, was that I kept on hoping that I might have come in propriâ personâ.— I am at present mad about Geology & I daresay I shall put a plan which I am now hatching, into execution sometime in August, viz of riding through Wales & staying a few days at Barmouth on my road.— Even if I was to come there, I should not be of much assistance to M
You do not deserve even so long a letter, as I have written. You do not even mention how you like Barmouth, whom you have there, what you do &c &c &c.— I think I shall most certainly see you in August till then, believe me dear Whitley | yours Chas Darwin.—
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- f1 102a.f1
The Tuesday before the date of the postmark. CD apparently held on to the letter before posting it. - +
- f2 102a.f2
CD went on a brief geological tour in North Wales, part of it in the company of Adam Sedgwick,in August 1831 (see letters from Adam Sedgwick, 4 September 1831 and 18 September 1831). - +
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Not identified. - +
- f4 102a.f4
CD studied Spanish in July 1831 in the hope of carrying out a natural history excursion to Tenerife. - +
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Henry Porter Lowe was an undergraduate at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He and his younger brother Robert Lowe were in Barmouth in August 1831 (Martin 1893, 1: 19--20). See also Barrett 1974,p. 149. - +
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Frederick Watkins was a friend of CD at both Shrewsbury School and Cambridge. - +
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William Scurfield Grey and George Henry Cavendish were mutual friends of CD and Whitley at Cambridge. - +
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CD apparently visited Whitley in Barmouth. See letter to Charles Whitley, [9 September 1831].