One of Pambula's most interesting early identities was Syms Covington, the second postmaster a man who was privileged to go on a famous voyage round the world in H.M.S Beagle, when he acted as servant, assistant and later clerk to Charles Darwin, the great naturalist."My servant," Darwin called him, continuing in one reference, "I do not very much like him; but he is, perhaps from his very oddity, very well adapted to all my purposes."
My Interests
I'd like to meet:
Charlie Sutherland, Doctor MacCracken
My Blog
Extract from the journal of Syms Covington
January 12 1836:
Left New Zealand December 30th; the 30th and 31st, blew very heavily. After a long passage which was occasioned by headwinds and calms, we moored ship in Sydney Cove, New South Wales,... Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:00:00 GMT
