of the first number of my "Journal" (18/1.

In 1842 he had written to his sister: "Talking of money, I reaped the other day all the profit which I shall ever get from my "Journal" ["Journal of Researches, etc."] which consisted in paying Mr.Colburn 21 pounds 10 shillings for the copies which I presented to different people; 1,337 copies have been sold.

This is a comfortable arrangement, is it not ?" He was proved wrong in his gloomy prophecy, as the second edition was published by Mr.Murray in 1845.) in the Colonial Library, so that if you chance to know of any gross mistake in the first 214 pages (if you have my "Journal"), I should be obliged to you to tell me.
Do not answer this for form's sake; for you must be very busy.

We have just had the Lyells here, and you ought to have a wife to stop your working too much, as Mrs.Lyell peremptorily stops Lyell.
LETTER 19.

TO J.D.