He comments on the rapid
expansion of Sydney's suburbs and compares it with the
development of London and Birmingham. However,
more than a month later, when the beagles arrived in the tropics, they "gradually fell ill and died" The creatures perished due to
"neglect" before the work was finished.
Among the shells he collected while climbing
rocks in the Derwent estuary were
scratches, of which Darwin made a special study in his later book
. Darwin conducted a series of
,
experiments with them, testing their irritability.
a great princess will rule in the south; "Ultimately, Australia will have to depend on being a center for trade in the southern hemisphere," he predicted. the last part of which was very cold and
stormy" the ship reached Hobart, where she spent
7-17-2. He
collected tens, perhaps hundreds, of insects and molluscs,
and several vertebrates (reptiles, birds, fish and
amphibians)2. In Tasmania he also found about
,
flatworms, or planaria, which he encountered about
,
on hemlock, which abounded in the forest
of Hobart's hinterland. In Tasmania
in particular, he is positive about the
development of agriculture: "bright yellow cornfields",
"the potato crop looked abundant", "good water supply
", "the landscape looks wonderful", "well cultivated" . .
