5rd1 February 1858
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th Instant reporting the death of the Gazelle placed in the Botanic Gardens some time since.2
In reply I have to express my regret at this occurrence and to request that the body of the Gazelle may be forwarded to Professor McCoy to be preserved.3
Signed for C.P.W.
T. C. Balmain
Dr Mueller
Curator of the Botanic Garden.
Please cite as “FVM-58-02-05a,” 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