From J. S. Henslow 25 October 1831
Cambridge
25 Octr 1831
My dear Darwin,
I have just received your letter about consignment with a statement of your attempt to cheat my Brother of 1£. Do look at the bill I see sent, for it runs in my head that you have read pounds for shillings & shillings for pounds & that you ought to have pd. him 12"7"— instead of 7"12.— I can’t be sure without searching after the Bills & putting the items together again—so that you may be right— As touching consignment I should think the best way is to do as Lowe does: direct as follows, Revd Profr. Henslow, Cambridge to the care of J. W. Henslow Esqre. 12 Clements Inn London,
Antipodes or England.
—the part underlined being optional.
I intend a great addition to my clinometer by giving it a sight for calculating ⟨r distces. when I think it will comprize all the Geologist wants. I have just met Watkins who is delighted to hear of your expedition. Downes is just returned from a short tour in Switzerland, but what is that to a Fuegian— The day after tomorrow our County election begins— Mr Jenyns1 is chairman of Capt. Yorke’s2 committee, proposed at one time to sleep at my house during the week, by which manouvre I had calculated upon getting my windows smashed— this would have been as good as foraging in the enemies quarters— He however thinks it better to sleep at the Inn where the Committee sit—so I suppose I shall remain in peace unless the Anties get the upper hand & think me too much of a radical— I presume however that these things begin to cease from interesting you & {therefore} leave you to your better meditations on Mermaids & Flying fish.—
Ys. affectionately | J S. Henslow
Footnotes
Summary
Gives CD directions for sending him specimens from Beagle.
Writes of Cambridge politics.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-143
- From
- John Stevens Henslow
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 204: 108
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 143,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-143.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 1