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To Edward Lumb 30 March 1834
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CD asks the time of shipment and vessel in which the [Megatherium] bones were conveyed.
Patagonia swarms with guanaco, but few other creatures.
Hopes to be able to draw up a tolerable sketch of the geology of the east side of S. America.
Saw Jemmy Button, who is married and will stay in Tierra del Fuego. Mentions Falkland uprising.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Lumb |
| Date: | 30 Mar 1834 |
| Classmark: | Profiles in History (dealers) (2006) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-241 |
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Visiting the Darwins
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'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
