Darwin took lodgings near Napoleon's tomb, and when writing to Henslow asking to be proposed for the Geological Society, mentioned his suspicions "that differently from most Volcanic Islds. its structure is rather complicated.
Darwin aloxouse preto da tumba de Napoleón, e cando escribiu a Henslow pedindo ser proposto para a Sociedade Xeolóxica de Londres, mencionoulle as súas sospeitas de "que a diferenza da maioría das illas volcánicas a súa estrutura é bastante complicada.