Unpublished manuscript, 'Zoological department' by R McCormick A brief note from McCormick indicating that he intends to send zoological samples including birds and their eggs, crustaceans and insects back to England. He notes that the Atlantic Islands have been 'too often explored' and therefore there is little use in collecting geological samples. Subject: Zoology / Geology Written by McCormick aboard HMS Erebus, at St Helena. 31 January 1840