‘I am 'Ali Wallace’, the Malay Assistant of Alfred Russel Wallace: an Excerpt | The Conversation
“He [Ali] accompanied me through all my travels, sometimes alone, but more frequently with several others, and was then very useful in teaching them their duties, as he soon became well acquainted with my wants and habits.”
When Science Breaks Bad | Arstechnica
Q. How would you go on an expedition to tropics in XVIII century?
A. “If you were an English naturalist in 1771 and you wanted to collect specimens from the tropics, you had to go on a slave ship; those were the only ships that went.