IQO APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.' .^TAT. 22. [1831. 



last kind and affectionate letter. I always like advice from 

 you, and no one whom I have the luck to know is more capa- 

 ble of giving it than yourself. Recollect, when you write, 

 that I am a sort oi protege oi yours, and that it is your bounden 

 duty to lecture me. 



I will now give you my direction ; it is at first, Rio ; but 

 if you will send me a letter on the first Tuesday (when the 

 packet sails) in February, directed to Monte Video, it will 

 give me very great pleasure ; I shall so much enjoy hearing a 

 little Cambridge news. Poor dear old Alma Mater ! I am a 

 very worthy son in as far as affection goes. I have little more 

 to write about .... I cannot end this without telling you 

 how cordially I feel grateful for the kindness you have shown 

 me during my Cambridge life. Much of the pleasure and 

 utility which I may have derived from it is owing to you. I 

 long for the time when we shall again meet, and till then be- 

 lieve me, my dear Henslow, 



Your affectionate and obliged friend, 



Ch. Darwin. 



Remember me most kindly to those who take any interest 

 in me. 



