Botanic Garden, Melbourne
June 30th 1853.
Sir
Notwithstanding the almost hopeless state, in which you found my horse, I feel hardly entitled to grant its being shot, still I fully autorize you to do so if you think this [...]1 lawful and if you have done under similar circumstances so before.
I give you of course permission to take all further steps according to your [...]2
Please cite as “FVM-53-06-30,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/53-06-30