1830. 



FUEGIANS IN LONDON. 



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master should receive, and take entire charge of them, while 

 they remained in England, and should be paid by me for their 

 board and lodging, for his own trouble, and for all contingent 

 expenses. 



Mr. Wilson proposed to keep a watchful eye over them 

 himself, and give advice from time to time to their guardian 

 and instructor. Mr. Wigram also lived at Walthamstow, and 

 as he would have frequent opportunities of offering a useful 

 caution, in case that the numerous calls upon Mr. Wilson's 

 attention should at any time render additional thoughts for the 

 Fuegians an unfair or unpleasant trouble to him — I did 

 indeed think that no plan could be devised offering a better 

 prospect ; and immediately made arrangements for conveying 

 them to London. 



The inside of a stage-coach was taken, and under the 

 guidance of Mr. Murray (the Beagle's late master), attended 

 by James Bennett, they arrived in Piccadilly, and were imme- 

 diately carried to Walthamstow, without attracting any notice. 

 Mr. Murray told me that they seemed to enjoy their journey 

 in the coach, and were very much struck by the repeated 

 changing of horses. 



I took them myself from the coach-office to Walthamstow ; 

 they were glad to see me, but seemed bewildered by the mul- 

 titude of new objects. Passing Charing Cross, there was a 

 start and exclamation of astonishment from York. ' Look ! ' 

 he said, fixing his eyes on the lion upon Northumberland 

 House, which he certainly thought alive, and walking there. 

 I never saw him show such sudden emotion at any other time. 

 They were much pleased with the rooms prepared for them 

 at Walthamstow ; and the schoolmaster and his wife were 

 equally pleased to find the future inmates of their house very 

 well disposed, quiet, and cleanly people ; instead of fierce and 

 dirty savages. 



At Walthamstow they remained from December 1830 till 

 October 1831 ; and during all that time were treated with the 

 utmost kindness by the benevolent men whose names I have 

 mentioned; by their families, and by many others in the 



