and more insatiable desire to visit climes
which he had read of, but never seen.
An opportunity soon offered, and he unhesitatingly
availed himself of i t ; accepting
the situation of draughtsman to his
Majesty’s ship “ Beagle,” commanded by
Captain Fitzroy, and which has lately
left these shores on a voyage of discovery
not likely to terminate under four
years.
NARRATIVE
OF
A NINE MONTHS’ RESIDENCE
IN
N EW Z E A L A N D ,
in 1 8 2 7 .
