Jan 16^.— 1852.— M^r Woodward tells me that Mr Benson f^d. land shells common ‹on› «near Tomb of Napoleon» on St Helena, «which was» brought from Madeira— one at C. of Good Hope from Europe— at Ascension a central Asian form—
D^r. Gould says Chain^t1 isl^d «in Pacific» a mart^t2; & there many sort of shells f^d.— I must read D^r. Gould.—
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Physical Characteristics: light-weight wove paper; grey; smooth

^t1 Chain] conjectured transcription ^t2 mart] conjectured transcription ^t3 19] in brown crayon

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