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From George Peacock to J. S. Henslow   [6 or 13 August 1831]

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GP has been asked to recommend a naturalist to sail with Capt. Robert FitzRoy to Tierra del Fuego and the South Sea Islands. If Leonard Jenyns is not available, whom would JSH recommend?

P.S. Urges JHS not to lose this opportunity to have collections made for "our museum".

Author:  George Peacock
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  [6 or 13] Aug 1831
Classmark:  DAR 97: B1–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-104
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Peradeniya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

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Exaggerated manner

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  • … The Superintendent of the Peradeniya botanic gardens relates his own observations of expression, …
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