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much uneasiness. I send it by the car to-morrow morning ; 

 if you make up your mind directly will you send me an 

 answer on the following day by the same means? If this 

 letter should not find you at home, I hope you will answer as 

 soon as you conveniently can. 



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

 never can forget how he interests himself about me. 



Believe me, my dear father, your affectionate son, 



Ciiakles Dab win. 



Here follow the objections above referred to : — 



" (1.) Disreputablo 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 accopted there must bo some 

 serious objection to the vessel or expedition. 



" (5.) That I should never settle down to a steady lifo hcro- 

 after. 



u (6.) That my accommodations would bo most uncomfort- 

 able. 



" (7.) That you [i.e. Dr. Darwin] should considor 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 

 ho sent a messenger to Henslow with the following noto 

 (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. 



"lam 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. J), 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 Wood, 

 nephew of Lord Londonderry. He is a great friend of 

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



