298 LIFE AT DOWN. ^TAT. 33-45. 



which everybody can follow, and there is enough of detail to 

 instruct and guide a beginner and start him on the right 

 track. 



" Of course, geology has made great strides since 1849, 

 and the article, if written now, would need to take notice of 

 other branches of enquiry, and to modify statements which 

 are not now quite accurate ; but most of the advice Mr. Dar- 

 win gives is as needful and valuable now as when it was 

 given. It is curious to see with what unerring instinct he 

 seems to have fastened on the principles that would stand 

 the test of time." 



In a letter to Lyell (1853) my father wrote, "I went up 

 for a paper by the Arctic Dr. Sutherland, on ice action, read 

 only in abstract, but I should think with much good matter. 

 It was very pleasant to hear that it was written owing to the 

 Admiralty Manual." 



To give some idea of the retired life which now began for 

 my father at Down, I have noted from his diary the short 

 periods during which he was away from home between the 

 autumn of 1842, when he came to Down, and the end of 

 1854. 



1843, July. — Week at Maer and Shrewsbury. 

 ,, October. — Twelve days at Shrewsbury. 



1844, April. — Week at Maer and Shrewsbury. 

 „ July. — Twelve days at Shrewsbury. 



1%^^, September 15. — Six weeks, "Shrewsbury, Lincoln- 

 shire, York, the Dean of Manchester, Waterton, 

 Chatsworth." 



1846, February. — Eleven days at Shrewsbury. 

 „ July. — Ten days at Shrewsbury. 



„ September. — Ten days at Southampton, &c., for the 

 British Association. 



1847, February. — Twelve days at Shrewsbury. 



„ June. — Ten days at Oxford, &c., for the British AS' 



sociation. 

 „ October. — Fortnight at Shrewsbury. 



