Stephen Coates
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first heard May 2026
last heard 14 May
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September 16th, 1835.
These islands appear paradises for the whole family of reptiles.
Charles Darwin was a young man in his 20s when he sailed to Galapagos on the HMS Beagle, decades before he wrote On the Origin of Species.
He found an island of wonders.
I industriously collected all the animals, plants, insects and reptiles from this island.
In my walk, I met two very large tortoises.
One was eating a cactus and then quietly walked away.
The other gave a deep and loud hiss and then drew back his head.
Surrounded by the black lava, the leafless shrubs and large cacti, they appeared most old-fashioned antediluvian animals, or rather, inhabitants of some other planet.
During our two days there, we lived on the meat of the tortoise, fried in the transparent oil which is procured from the fat.
The breastplate with the meat attached is roasted.
It is then very good.
Of course, the numbers have been much reduced.
Not many years since, the ship's company of a frigate brought down to the beach in one day more than 200.
Mr Lawson thinks there is yet left sufficient for 20 years.
In the afternoon, the Beagle sent in her boats to take us on board.
The ship's head was put towards Tahiti, and we commenced our next long passage of 3,200 miles.
Were they going out to find specimens?
It wasn't just that there happens to be a voyage of some
You know, journey and oh, there's a huge snake there.
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