June 20– From Voyage Of The Beagle (1839) by Charles Darwin
Summary: Birds that aren't afraid of people are easy to kill.
Commentary: One of the less exciting Darwins, but he's still a good writer. The bits about the birds that're so tame that they land on people and let them kill them continues in his neat "world building detail" vein. We do get this fun little bit of Darwin checking dudes out.
The common people, when working, keep the upper part of their bodies quite naked; and it is then that the Tahitians are seen to advantage. They are very tall, broad-shouldered, athletic, and well-proportioned.
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