8/8/60.
My dear Dr Wilkie
On the noticepaper of the Royal Society I observe, that an additional supply of stores is to be considered.1
Having heard, that it is contemplated to have dried beef prepared in Melbourne to a great amount, I would beg to suggest, that instead of it flour should be taken, which is the most essential article of food.
It appears to me a pity to carry up to the Darling2 meat, which can be obtained at a very cheap rate speedily in any quantity there, by killing cattle & drying the meat on the air, for which purpose the weather will be warm enough there in September.
I intended to have paid you a visit, but can seldom find a spare hour.
your attached
Ferd Mueller
Please cite as “FVM-60-08-08,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/60-08-08