찰스다윈의 비글호 항해기 號 航海記 .The Book of The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin

찰스다윈의 비글호 항해기 號 航海記 .The Book of The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin
PREFACE
I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology
of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by
Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by
an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered
my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain
Beaufort, the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty. As I feel that the
opportunities which I enjoyed of studying the Natural History of the different
countries we visited, have been wholly due to Captain Fitz Roy, I hope I may here
be permitted to repeat my expression of gratitude to him; and to add that, during
the five years we were together, I received from him the most cordial friendship
and steady assistance. Both to Captain Fitz Roy and to all the Officers of the
Beagle 10 I shall ever feel most thankful for the undeviating kindness with which
I was treated during our long voyage.
This volume contains, in the form of a Journal, a history of our voyage, and a
sketch of those observations in Natural History and Geology, which I think will
possess some interest for the general reader. I have in this edition largely
condensed and corrected some parts, and have added a little to others, in order
to render the volume more fitted for popular reading; but I trust that naturalists
will remember, that they must refer for details to the larger publications which
comprise the scientific results of the Expedition. The Zoology of the Voyage of
the Beagle includes an account of the Fossil Mammalia, by Professor Owen; of
the Living Mammalia, by Mr. Waterhouse; of the Birds, by Mr. Gould; of the Fish,
by the Rev. L. Jenyns; and of the Reptiles, by Mr. Bell. I have appended to the
descriptions of each species an account of its habits and range. These works,
which I owe to the high talents and disinterested zeal of the above distinguished
authors, could not have been undertaken, had it not been for the liberality of the
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, who, through the representation
of the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, have been pleased to
grant a sum of one thousand pounds towards defraying part of the expenses of
publication.