Friday, June 28, 2019

Two nebulae in Leo

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‘I ‘swept’ last night two hours, by three periods. It was a grand night - not a breath of air, not a fringe of a cloud, all clear, all beaut...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Plant hunting in America

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‘Nothing, as far as the eye could perceive, but mountains such as I was on, and many higher, some rugged beyond any description, striking th...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Society in Salem

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‘We now have seriously the Cold of Winter. The Therm, at Zero. Politics become more sour as the severity of winter increases.’ This is the R...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Like wolves and hyaenas

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’A fortnight ago a party of Bau men pillaged many of the plantations of Verata, & killed several persons: and this week they went in gre...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

Many little matters

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Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of David Elisha Davy, an antiquarian who spent the most part of his life travelling around th...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Prayed & wept & hope

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’But I heard that Robert was missing for several days before the surrender & might be killed or wounded &c. I felt so shocked - as I...
Saturday, June 8, 2019

At war with every difficulty

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‘I am, I believe, thirty-five years old this month, just nine years at the bar, near five years in Parliament, about four years King’s Couns...

At work on Ophelia

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‘Finished flowers after breakfast, after which went out to bottom of garden and commenced brick wall. Received letter from James Michael - c...