| Description | Sends thanks for the calico material and gives an account of her activities over the Christmas season. Gives news that her brother is to leave England and sail for Africa in the next few weeks, having been appointed as writer to the company of merchants trading to that country. Gives details about his salary, and his opportunities for trading on the Gambia river. She comments that the staples of the country are 'gold dust, elephants teet & grieved I am to add human beings'. Gives details of her current reading which includes 'the letters of the late Lord Lyttleton' and sends her regards to Mrs Darwin. |