"I have known a hundred instances of men setting out in couples, but not one of a similar return. Aberdeen’s party split; several voyagers at present have done the same. I am confident that twelve months of any given individual is perfect…
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, September 15th 1809:
(Source: text from Morgan Library, photocopy from microfilm; LJ I 243-6; QI 56-7; BLJ I 223-4)
Named by Byron in 1809-09-15 in the context of Constance Spencer Smith