ch. v.] 1831. 125 



I do not know what to say about Uncle Jos' kindness ; I 

 never can forget how lie interests himself about me. 

 Believe me, my dear father, your affectionate sou, 



Charles Darwin. 



Here follow the objections above referred to : 



" (1.) Disreputable to my character as a Clergyman here- 

 after. 



" (2.) A wild scheme. 



" (3.) That they must have offered to many others before 

 me the place of Naturalist. 



" (4. ) And from its not being accepted there must be 

 some serious objection to the vessel or expedition. 



" (5.) That I should never settle down to a steady life 

 hereafter. 



" (6.) That my accommodations would be most uncom- 

 fortable. 



"(7.) That you [i.e. Dr. Darwin] should consider it as 

 again changing my profession. 



" (8.) That it would be a useless undertaking. 



Josiah Wedgwood having demolished this curious array 

 of argument, and the Doctor having been converted, Darwin 

 left home for Cambridge. On his arrival at the Red Lion 

 he sent a messenger to Henslow with the following note 

 (September 2nd) : 



"I am just arrived; you will guess the reason. My 

 father has changed his mind. I trust the place is not given 

 away. 



" I am very much fatigued, and am going to bed. 



" I dare say you have not yet got my second letter. 



" How soon shall I come to you in the morning? Send 

 a verbal answer." 



C. D. to Miss Susan Darwin. Cambridge [September 4, 



1831]. 



The whole of yesterday I spent with Henslow, 



thinking of what is to be done, and that I find is a great 

 deal. By great good luck I know a man of the name of 

 ^ ood, nephew of Lord Londonderry. He is a great friend 

 of Captain Fitz-Roy, and has written to him about me. I 

 heard a part of Captain Fitz-Roy's letter, dated some time 



